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Wildfires in california still burning out of control. the thomas fire is now the fifth largest wildfire in the state's modern history. it has forced 94,000 people from their homes. cnn's miguel marquez has all the breaking details for us. miguel, what's the latest? >> reporter: yeah. we're about as close to the fire line as we can get, alisyn. the wind is still blowing toward the ocean, toward that way. the fire is up there in the forest. you can see the home where the structure just below that. that is carpent pep carpinteria. this thomas fire will not go out.

Torched an area over twice the size of atlanta. for hundreds of homeowners and businesses, the devastation is simply unspeakable. they call it the new formal. >> from history going back a long, long way, there have been long droughts in california. we are getting some of those returning very bad. we will get them returning more often and then with climate change, some scientists are saying southern california is literally burning up. burning up as maybe a metaphor or distribution and not just with the fire right here, but what we can expect over the next years and decades. >> cnn's senior corr...

They're making the air quality dangerous up up and down the coast. >> absolutely, anderson, if you can look a short moment ago, it looked like snowflakes, you may get a sense for these embetters and ash that's raining down. massive school and business closures throughout the county, because the air quality is just absolutely horrific, i'm standing right on the county line right now, by the way, anderson, 96,000 acres burned on the thomas fire in ventura county alone. >> have authorities been able to hold the fire line where you are? >> they have. let me give you a good example of just how well...

They will literally throw it into the canyon. you can't tell because it's dark, but in front of us is a farmer's orchard, and this is the extreme northwest part of the fire, burning near the city of carpinteria. that's the next city. carpinteria is not threatened right now, let's not be alarmist. there are some mandatory evacuations in southwest carpinteria as a precaution. but right now they've tied all this in, is the term the firefighters like to use, and there's -- literally, in the dark, you can't see them. but there's a california department of fire engineer and expert who's calling in o...

Short moment ago, it looked like tiny, little snowflakes. you might even be able to get a sense for these little embers and the ash that's raining down. especially in ventura county and into santa barbara county. massive school and business closures throughout the county, because the air quality is just absolutely horrific. i'm standing right on the county line right now. by the way, anderson, 96,000 acres burned on the thomas fire in ventura county alone. >> have authorities been able to hold the fire line where you are? >> reporter: they have. let me give you a good example of just how well ...