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Long that no one noticed? >> they are everywhere in the world. it's used for training during past wars and all that sort of thing. i used to fly flight instructor out of a little tiny airport near near gainsville, florida called willisston and it was 7500 feet concrete and i think it was 100 -- either 75 or 100 feet wide. can you land a 777 right there. can you land a 777 a lot of places that you can't take off because you burn the fuel down, it's light, you can land on a very short runway. you just can't take off again unless you have got a very small fuel load to go a short distance. >> than...

Photograph. the smoke and ash produced by the 200-square-mile blaze prompted san francisco to temporarily shut down hydroelectric stations for fears the city's drinking water could become contaminated. nbc viewed this unrelenting force of nature from 10,000 feet involve. >> roughly 230 square miles, bigger than the size of the city of chicago. all along the ridges we can see more spark fires. it's certainly quickly on the move. you can see from the fuel load down here, there are just hundreds of thousands of acres that could still burn. we're actually going to make our way down to the south si...

Overnight. nbc's miguel almaguer is near the fire line. he spent much of the time with crews fighting the flames through the air. >> reporter: we can see brush fires. there's no doubt the fire is growing and certainly quickly on the move. you can see from the fuel load down here there are hundreds of thousands of acres that can still burn. >> we're going to make our way down to the south side for better visibility. >> reporter: this fire has been burning for a week and a half. there's no doubt this can burn for weeks longer. crews may not be able to access so much of the terrain. it is very ru...

The massive rim wildfire is burning hotter and faster than any in the modern history of sierra nevada region. which includes yosemite national park. fire is so big it's visible from space. as seen here in this nasa photograph. the smoke and ash produced by the 200-square-mile blaze prompted san francisco to temporarily shut down hydroelectric stations for fears the city's drinking water could become contaminated. nbc's miguel almaguer viewed this unrelenting force of nature from 10,000 feet above. >> roughly 230 square miles, bigger than the size of the city of chicago. all along the ridges we...

It's moving deeper threatening thousands of homes. nbc's miguel almaguer brings us a unique perspective 10,000 feet above the fire. >> reporter: this fire is 230,000 miles bigger than the city of the city of chicago. all along we can see spot fires. there's no doubt this fire is growing and certainly quickly on the move. you can see from the fuel load down here, there is just hundreds of thousands of acres that could still burn. the dc-10 is one of the biggest assets the crews have on the ground. it can drop 12,000 gallons of fire retardant. you can see how hot the fire is burning. behind all ...