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Tension electric lines that they have been trying to protect as well as the winery and the properties surrounding this area. and if you look farther south you can see yet another fire and that is near the town of sonoma where as i understand it some structures have been damaged or destroyed overnight when that fire made a run into that community. the good news, if there is any good news in any of this is that the red flag warning has expired now, 5:00 p.m. pacific time, 8:00 eastern. the wind has been nonexistent here. warm but not hot. and the wind has stopped. that will help the firefighters...

Now. that was a scene overnight. the fast moving wildfires have killed 11 people, forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes and we're going to show you another view of the devastation. before and after pictures from santa rosa, california. just take a look at that picture on the right. it is devastating. cnn's miguel marquez is joining me now from that hard-hit city of santa rosa. miguel, that is amazing to see in the worst sense. it is startling how fast this moved and how wide it spread? >> it is disturbing. these were big fires, driven by wind. 50 miles an hour for firefighters. it w...

Nature. we do expect that some time -- i washi had wish i had a crystal ball, i don't, we expect some additional trailers to catch on fire. >> bob, with regard to firefighters getting close to that situation or able to put those fires out, what are the hazards? and are they the kinds of chemicals that really are better left to burn themselves out? >> these chemicals are absolutely better left to burn themselves out. from the start our plan was with the crosby fire department who has done a phenomenal job here was to establish a security or perimeter around this site and to -- rather than go in...

>> to the best of my knowledge. >> and what is it, the status really, on fire officials really being able to put this fire out? >> well, they are still working on it. we had rain last night. it helped a little. the high winds, though, there's still a lot of wind over there spreading fires around. they're still working on fires this morning. we are bringing in firefighting resources from other counties in tennessee to assist, and they are trying to make as much progress as possible in putting the fires out. >> then if the winds are still high, your best guess, how wide could this spread? >> i c...

Popping up. this is a bit of smoke here, but one of many that we're seeing in the area. something like this can reignite and start another fire. that is the challenge now facing authorities. keeping the fires out. not easy to do in these conditions. since last weekend, fire officials said they had to deal with 1,200 fires. 250 are major. the hardest hit areas in haifa. this building is in the center of the city. the building entirely gutted. you can smell the burned wood and plastic. there are clouds of ash that go flying around. look at the video from elsewhere in northern israel and central ...