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Tell their terrifying story of survival, surrounded by their families as they come to grips with losing everything they own. >> here's where her sink is and my sink. i'm devastated. hurt, numb. >> it's compassion for that pain that's brought robert rust back to his hometown to volunteer his heavy equipment skills on the fire line. >> i'm very connected to the community and the people here. i feel a responsibility to do what i can. >> foyer resources -- fire resources tapped so thin because of the large number of fires burning across the state. the state department of natural resources has call...

Fire lines has at least the basic training training to get out there and do the job and do the job safely. >> city of fstephanie elam is t. there's still a great thickness of smoke in the air there, stephanie. so active fires are very close by? >> reporter: it is, it is. yeah, they're close by, but it's starting to clear now, as they expected it would. in the distance you can see we have another one of those helicopters coming in to pick up some water here to go drop on the fire lines because, you're right, it is smoky out here which means there are active fires still burning close by. so this...

Fires. we might be able to show you a pickup of water here so i'll keep my eye on that. they're doing that and having another 200 to relieve them as well. and then what they're asking people who have any sort of training related to these -- something that may help fight a fire -- i'm going to go ahead and show you this shot. go ahead and show. so what that is is a helicopter that can actually scoop up water straight from the lake and then take it and deploy it to the fire line. it is fantastic to see. it never gets old every time you watch it. you see that long hose coming down, he's going to ...

400,000 acres have burned and soldiers are heading to fire line and it will not put them in dangerous, complex fire situations. we will have a live report from washington, one of the hardest hit states here. donald trump and bernie sanders, they are drawing really significant crowds wherever they go. thousands turn out to see the two candidates. so why is it that only -- that is only translating into top polling numbers for one of them? plus, the u.s. strikes isis. the terror group's number two, laemted. what effect could this have on the fight against terror? when you do business everywhe...

Hole in our state's heart. >> reporter: a funeral procession for three firefighters killed earlier this week. the youngest victim was just getting ready to ead off for his junior year of college. >> we're going to miss him more than anything else. >> reporter: now 200 active duty soldiers head to the fire line this weekend. civilians are also joining in the wildfire campaign, with a formal invitation from the state. this citizen firefighter is watching for flare-ups. >> we'll go drive around and see if we can find something out, grab a shovel and put hot spots out, whatever it takes. >> report...