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Shorter sentences. joining us now is julia who has been running this story. good having you. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> so the crew contains inmates? are they trained? >> they go through the same training the calfire fighters do. but yeah, it's a crazy stat that people don't know about. >> it's a volunteer program, right? >> it's completely voluntary. >> what do they get out of it? >> i think a lot of them say that it's better than fighting -- than being behind bars, and there is this sense of being outside and, you know, learning new skills and that kind of thing. but they also earn a sm...

Station wdam they're looking for two suspects. again, a vehicle has been found, but the suspects, according to everything we've heard, have not yet been found in relation to this shooting at camp shelby. updates immediately as we get them. thousands of firefighters now trying to keep california's biggest wildfire under control and they say it's growing much faster than they had anticipated. now the white house says president obama has asked aides to stay in touch with the state's governor. we're live on the fire line with breaking news ahead. this is fox news channel. ♪ irresistible moment...

The worst of them dubbed the rocky fire, 100 miles north of san francisco and it's only 5% contained. it's already destroyed two dozen homes and it's threatening thousands more. cnn's stephanie elam is live for us now in california with the latest. stephanie? >> hi, fred. yes, we are out here pretty much at a good intersection to take a look at what is happening here. you can see behind us we have cal fire trucks here. this is a staging area coming in from the fireline, some about to head out. this is a 24 hour production out here where they are constantly battling these flames because you can...

But obviously, a lot of nervous people as you got these 12,000 people who have been evacuated because of this fire. it's a very different pattern for this fire and that makes it very dangerous. that is why they've expanded these evacuations for people in the fire line since the winds have been erratic and the winds helping to pick up some of those flames and spread them. >> so the winds are hurting. also i'm hearing some of the humidity may be helping a bit. is there better weather on the way that could help temper the flames? >> right. that's part of the issue here too. the humidity is in the...

Firefighters are currently setting backfires to consume the fuel. now, this fire was overnight. right around 50,000 acres this afternoon and still only about -- [ inaudible ] -- from all over the state and other fires that get in here in the fire fight to put effort in to get this fire contained. >> the fire would double in size overnight in just that one central area. this as you have concerns about other areas. what are you most concerned about? >> absolutely. as you indicated, we have well over 20 fires across the state. most in northern california. we have had thousands of lightning strike...