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Related On an October night in 2019, Scott Newman stood on his Sonoma Valley farm and watched the smoke plumes from the Kinkade Fire over the mountains to his north. He texted a friend, the local fire chief, “It looks like we might be in the fire path.” Minutes later, Newman recalled, the chief replied, “Sadly, yes.” By the following day, the fire had reduced nearly everything on his 500-acre property to blackened rubble. Only a single barn remained unscathed. Newman’s crop and fire insurance policies covered just about all the damages, including six homes, 14 structures, and viney...

And i would say after a day of reporting it's not entirely clear. so they could for instance bury every big power line. you know, the kinkade fire in northern california that's still raging seems to have been started by this long distance transmission line. or there's this hiccup in it at the same time it started but it seems to be what happened, so they could bury just a ton of electrical wires, and then you don't have the kind of conditions for ignitions you've had recently where the winds that create -- you know, the wind blows over a power line basically and it hits a dry tree or grass and...

Here or is this the fact it's just what it looks like as california gets hotter and dryer as we enter this era? >> yeah, it's a great question. i'd say after a day of reporting it's not entirely clear. >> right. >> there's those technical things they could do. they could for instance, like, bury every big power line. you know, the kinkade fire in northern california that's still raging seems to have been started by this long distance transmission line. there is a hiccup in it at the same time the fire ignition started. it will take a long time to figure out if that's actually what happened. th...

So, guys actually have been able to get a little aggressive and get ahead of it. so, that has been an advantage. >> the kincade fire has burned more 74,000 acres as well as 57 homes. and several vineyards and wineries. it still threatens 90,000 other homes and businesses. while some evacuation orders have been lifted, more than 150,000 people have r. still out of their homes. in los angeles, the 600 eric getty fire near brentwood is just 5% contained. schools there are closed and up and down the state crews are bracing for extremely dangerous fire conditions with gusts of up to 70 miles per ho...

Ainsley: kinkade fire very difficult for the firemen upnorth swelling to twice the size of san francisco. to get a handle to contain the steve: think about that twice the size of san fire. francisco. they have to wait until the that's where we find claudia winds die down. cowan live at the incident they have to save as many structures and lives as they command center in santa can. back to you in the studio. rosa, california. ainsley: thank you, robert. claudia? >> good morning, guys. brian: you have no idea what the the kinkade fire just 15% today will bring. 26 minutes after the hour. contain...