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Fires. they've pumped record amounts of retardant so far yesterday. well, well over 330,000 gallons. that's just one air attack base. that's not to mention any of the others in the state that we're using. >> you are doing extraordinary work. quickly before i let you go, we saw images of controlled burns. explain briefly to those unparticular how you're able to use the control burns to your advantage. >> control burns we're discussing back fires. they are not -- anyway, we'll leave that, but backfires are where we use fire to fight fire. we take that fuel out ahead of where that fire is heading...

Look at that amazing imagery of rescuers trying to get a disabled person out, at the same time you see other video of them driving through walls of fire. in those areas that still need to be evacuated, how in the world are people able to get through if you see firefighters going through walls of fire in their vehicles? >> well, this is the one thing that we've noticed over and over. we had that outbreak on sunday where the fire was moving with heavy winds 60 to 70 miles per hour. what you do have is, and i'm going to turn this direction, that's a house right here. right in front of us, that's ...

Towards the community of sonoma, that fire has come out and burned roughly 300 acres. at this point in time the winds are pushing this fire on the outskirts of sonoma, so it's not heading into town. there has been damage on the perimeter, but right now it's moving in a south/southeasterly de direction. a lot of resources, very flexible, a lot of resources left. as soon as these start to develop, strike team after strike team go by on highway 12, whole base camp pretty much emptied out with all the equipment and resources here. 8:00 this morning, which is now, we have air attack up on these fir...

Change and how flexible your teams have to be. the strike teams that you're using over and over again. you know, in waves. you mentioned the air assets. particularly when you have the density of, you know, of smog and smoke in the air, you've got these wind conditions, how are you using the air assets? >> the air assets are available. we have on all the fires in california right now, just to give you a picture, over 70 helicopters are available. on the fire i mentioned, there's roughly upwards almost to 20 helicopters that are going to be used on the fire to the north. pocket fire, which is ve...

Everyone's facing. in fact, cops have been around us all morning long making sure they secure these areas, not letting residents back in. of course, so many people want to see their homes, but at the same time they are trying to make sure the situation is safe, and when you look back this direction and just see the challenges they are facing, there's nothing they can do with that. in fact, we've seen helicopters fly in and try to drop water on it, but this has been the challenge all week long when you watch that video of those police officers trying to go in and save someone, we've talked to p...