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Day as she can remember. the fire has burned through 6,000 acres since friday. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as the sunrises we're expecting the winds to become more erratic. a condition that firefighters have been dealing with. low humidity, very high temperatures, fighting a fire in an area that hasn't burned in some 40 years. it was a deadly come bcombinati. the fire began moving on sunday changing direction, claiming the most firefighter lives since 9/11. trapping 19 firefighters with no way out. >> we're devastated. we just lost 19 of some of the finest people you'll ever meet....

They are trying to protect so the loss is beyond words. >> our entire crew is lost. we lost 19 people in this wildfire. it's one of the worst wildfire disasters that has ever taken place. >> the weather very erat ec, namely the winds, what they're experience here in the low humidity high temperature weather are these monsoon type winds. you can't predict them, so what they're expecting, these firefighters were surprised. they were overcome. they did deploy these fire shelters, these small tents. they have to look at why it doesn't work with these firefighters, ashleigh. >> so many dwoes answer...

Team that go there es in to the dangerous part of the fire. they dealt with erratic winds, monsoon type winds, low humidity, extreme heat in a place that hasn't burned in some 40 years. and they lost their battle. take a look at this team picture. 19 people, elite firefighters who put their lives in between the wall of flames rushing to innocent people's homes. these firefighters according to the fire department did tdeploy their fire shelters, a method of last resort. >> tough conditions certainly and tough time for that community. thanks for the report. other new, the coast guard search fo...

>> it's the last ditch effort in order to try to survive a fire. it's the only thing left that a firefighter will have in this condition in order to try to survive this. and it does not happen frequently because of the planning, but again, the winds are so unpredictable. and when you're in those situations and you're right on the fire line like these heros were, it just makes it very difficult to face the fire and expect to survive without the shelters. >> thanks so much for taking the time this morning. they are right there on the front lines. >> yeah, we've been with the hot shot. they're li...

Which is basically a retardant. it separates us as firefighters from the fire itself. that is the last ditch effort that firefighters use in order to survive a fire should they be overrun by the fire. >> and what does that tell you? it means something unexpected must have happened. they're point to go probably the possibility of winds really turning in dramatic fashion. is that what you would expect to happen in the situation? >> yes, that's most likely what had occurred is that the wind did change direction and the fire turned on them as they were preparing to continue to fight the fire. and ...