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Right now in texas, an oil rig fire continues to burn. fire commanders tell our affiliate there they will just let the flames burn out. no one knows what caused last night o night's explosion and fire as crews were drilling. firefighters from houston two hours away were called in to help. the fire was too intense to do much more than just try to contain it. here's an eyewitness. >> my husband was asking, what's wrong? what are y'all doing? what are y'all running from? nobody would say anything. they didn't tell him to run or anything. he grabbed my son and took off running because he knew some...

>> images are stunning. har martin savidge joins me now. you've been talking with fire commanders, what will take to stop these fires, particularly that black forest fire? >> reporter: it's going to take a change of the weather. and specifically, it's got to take the dropping of the winds. they say that's the biggest problem they are dealing with right now. it's a huge problem because the winds keep shifting and with it, of course, the flames and unpredictable when it gets into certain areas like the valleys. that's the biggest problem. the wind has to die down and on top of that, temperatures...

>> images are stunning. you've been talking with fire commanders, what will take to stop these fires, particularly that black forest fire? >> reporter: it's going to take a change of the weather. and specifically, it's got to take the dropping of the winds. they say that's the biggest problem they are dealing with right now. it's a huge problem because the winds keep shifting and with it, of course, the flames and unpredictable when it gets into certain areas like the valleys. that's the biggest problem. the wind has to die down and on top of that, temperatures have to go down, humidity levels...

You've been talking with fire commanders, what will take to stop these fires, particularly that black forest fire? >> reporter: it's going to take a change of the weather. and specifically, it's got to take the dropping of the winds. they say that's the biggest problem they are dealing with right now. it's a huge problem because the winds keep shifting and with it, of course, the flames and unpredictable when it gets into certain areas like the valleys. that's the biggest problem. the wind has to die down and on top of that, temperatures have to go down, humidity levels have to come up. nature...