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reporter: a volunteer fire chief in this town of 600 residents, she is often the first one to call residents to tell them their home is gone. i m still kind of numb. i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all these years, it s gone, and everybody says oh, it s replaceable. well, no, a lot of it isn t. reporter: saturday kelly grosso lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. chief and several residents were angry that air drops from state and federal agencies didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger because a lot of engines weren t where they should have been and weren t down there maybe. and i was at that point i was ready to say i can t do this any more. reporter: apocalyptic fire scenes are appearing more and more across the west. so far this year 67 large fires across 12 states have burned an ....
But on monday the fire came roaring back. devouring more homes. the chief and several residents were angry that air drops from state and federal agencies didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger. a lot of the engines weren t where they should have been and were not down there maybe. and i was, at that point, i was ready to say, i can t do this. reporter: apocalyptic fire scenes are appearing more and more across the west. so far 67 large fires across 12 states have burned an area nearly five times the size of new york city. the frequency of fires has skyrocketed. reporter: cal fire captain dennis smith has spent 25 years battling some of the biggest blazes in the state of california. we used to get what you would call career fires. maybe once every few years. we re seeing career fires, 100,000 plus achers is a common occurrence every year now. reporter: it is the new normal. the resources are spread through the state as we re ....