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Might be able to get ahold of it? >> no, shep, until they can hold a fire line for at least 24 hours, containment isn't part of they're vocabulary because the weather is making all the decisions. here's more. >> we are watching the weather conditions very closely. and wind is probably our number one threat. it is what has been the game-changer. it is what has changed the conditions. i mean, i don't know any other word to describe it but very dynamic. reporter: el paso county sheriff says the strategy today is that they're going to tryçç to establish anchor points in the fight and then atte...

Tripled. so, certainly they have a lot of concern about when they'll be able to come back home, when they'll be let past the fire line. that doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. there's concern on both ends here. firefighters are certainly doing all they can. the number of firefighters was 150 two days ago. it's now nearly 500. they are dumping $10 million in resources to try to contain this fire. it's certainly a difficult moving fire. crews are struggling to stay ahead of it. they're doing all they can, but this thing is really on the move today. >> really a tale of two weat...

Yesterday, but they are hopeful cautiously optimistic that that number is not going to grow any further as long as the winds cooperate. and i have to tell you, suzanne, it's still very windy out here right now. >> and, stephanie, when you take a look at what's behind you and around you there, is that typical? are there a lotd of houses that have been damaged? or have most been spared? >> from what we know in this particular fire, the powerhouse fire, there have 15 homes damaged and six destroyed. when they forced the evacuations of some 3,000 people at that time it left 1,000 homes in the path...

Called, destroyed six homes and threatened many, many more. stephanie elam joins us from lake hughes. and, stephanie, i hear where you're standing there was once a home. >> reporter: right, exactly, brooke. we're here on lake hughes. we do know now this powerhouse fire burned about 29,000 acres. but they're saying they got a 40% containment. that is not necessarily the news that makes you feel much better when you look at this house and this is where you lived. you can see that right now they're out here cordoning it off because it is completely destroyed. only the chimney is still standing. a...

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