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And a couple walls and things like that. over here, you'll notice the neighbor's house looks just like it. same with the house next door and the one on the other side as well. what's amazing is that you'll have a couple houses that were completely wiped out, and then next door, you have a couple more that are completely intact. it's certainly a bizarre sight to see. the big worry is the hot dry winds coming from inland. they're expecting them to be in fact, the red flag warning in effect until tomorrow night. that means conditions are ideal for wildfires to either spread or start up. kate. >> ...

For you from authorities. this fire has now chewed through 91,000 acres. it's also 20% contained. that's good news at this point. it's continuing to grow, though, as the winds come through. these hot, dry winds come from inland and go offshore. it's not what you want to see. it will be like this until tuesday. this part of malibu, it seems like the worst has come and gone, but look what it's left behind. many houses that look just like this one. absolutely destroyed. and you'll notice, you hear running water. it's because the water has been left on and there's a couple houses in the neighborho...

That was a church. again, emphasis on was a church. a kfc no longer after that. more than 110,000 acres have burned. more than 200 people are unaccounted for, and many more are sharing their stories of getting out, the terror, running for their lives in many cases. >> i've never been this scared in my life. >> it's okay, mama. >> oh, god. >> just horrible. in southern california, high winds are expected today. which, of course, could make the fires even more dangerous. today, thousands of homes have already burned. more than 300,000 people have been forced to evacuate. we have crewed on both e...

Unfortunately. >> just came through so fast. i really appreciate it. thank you so much. joining me on the phone is rick mullein, the mayor of malibu, california. also an 18-year veteran of the los angeles county fire department. you're looking at a photo from the l.a. times of the mayor surveying a house while he's on the job on friday. the house clearly on fire. the mayor is joining me by the phone. can you hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. can you hear me? >> i can. thank you so much for calling in. how are you holding up right now? >> i'm actually holding up fairly well. i was -- i have been...

Which is just outside the city of malibu. i went to that spot yesterday to look at it, and i don't know what happened, but i suspect what happened is that the key moment, they panicked and made a decision to leave and they put themselves in essentially an inferno. at exactly the same time that was happening, i was down the street at a prison, a juvenile detention facility, and when i rolled up, it was right when the fire was coming through. the fire front, 35 people, 22 inmates and 13 staff, are getting in vans ready to go, and i made them go back inside because the prison was the safest place...