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Going to be made into a memorial. the residents forced out by a fast-moving wildfire in central washington have been allowed back to their homes. however, at least two dozen of those homeowners they returned back to nothing but ashes. fire crews have made good progress against the fire now about half contained. there are 45 large fires being tracked across the drought-stricken western u.s. 25 of them in alaska. well no relief in the west in today's forecast. fire warnings are posted from southern california to northern washington. thunderstorms with little rain could spark more fires. heav...

Going to happen. >> reporter: but no area is being hit harder than drought-stricken california. where in the midst of triple-digit heat, nearly 6,000 firefighters are now battling 12 fires across the state. destroying everything in their path and threatening more homes near sacramento and yosemite. >> i screamed, jesus, help me, because it was -- it was pretty scary. like facing hell on earth. >> reporter: it's a scorcher here in southern california with record temperatures expected to top 108 degrees. fire warnings remain in effect. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. tropical storm odile i...

>> but as reported, that wasn't even the worst of it. >> no, this is not good. >> reporter: this video capturing the most destructive tornado out of the 11 that ripped across the midwest this weekend. in orrick, missouri, the worst hit area, a small town shredded, roofs ripped off. entire homes flattened and vehicles flipped. but no deaths reported. rescuers saving this woman trapped in her basement. ç >> we're coming to get you. are you okay? >> more than a foot of snow fell in the rocky mountains in utah leaving 7,000 without power and in colorado the holiday barbecue a bust. in the southw...

It merely changes the area where the aircraft ended. >> you said it still makes you believe there was something mechanical. explain that. i believe that one possible scenario that makes sense for all the day that that we have found would be a fire in the electronics bay that would have caused the failure of the equipment. it would start with the failures of the acars and transponder. possibly vhf radios that would have precluded the pilots from communicating that would have caused smoke in the cockpit. this is the only area of the aircraft that is not monitored for fire alert, unlike the cargo...

Let me show how this could happen. this is not necessarily, nor do we say this is what happened, it's what could have happened. you would have just got to cruise altitude. we're on the way to beijing and this would have happened. that's the sound everybody knows. you can unfasten your seat belt, get comfortable. but in the cockpit, maybe this happens. the first sign that you've got a problem. this is a fire. this is the fire warnings that are going off and we're being told now that there is a fire burning say in the cargo hold and we can now maybe start to sense smoke. immediately the pilots g...