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gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> rescue, what is your emergency? >> reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated and more refugees. this episode is about californians and fire, because we got to learn how to get a...

california history. >> agh. lucky for us the fires hadn't made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> fire rescue, what is your emergency? >> but ever since, the fires in california have a gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more for...

california history. >> ahh! lucky for us, the fires hadn't made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasn't safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, our elderly parents and kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. back then, it seemed like a once in a lifetime thing, but every year since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> the dixie fire. >> the hill fire. >> there are more towns being burned to the ground, more people whose lives are devastated,...

The dixie fire destroyed the town of greenville, but the media has long since moved on. four months after the disaster, not much has changed for the people who call this place home. >> jesus. never seen anything like this. you can still smell like ash and burn, but also smell the trees. there's like a pine smell. there's also like maybe a chemical smell, because of all the plastic. you have makes my stomach hurt a little bit. never seen this stuff this close up before. >> yeah, it was heartbreaking, man. >> it's been four months, so a lot of this stuff has just been sitting here. >> yeah, we'r...

Home. jesus. never seen anything like this. you can still smell, like, ash and burn, but also smell the trees. there is like a pine smell. there is also maybe a chemical smell, maybe because of all the plastic. it makes my stomach hurt a little bit. never seen this stuff this close up before. >> yeah. it was heartbreaking, man. >> it's been four months. a lot of the stuff has just been sitting here. >> yeah. we're in the midst of it. we're in the midst of the fire. you can still -- it looks like a bomb still went off. >> man. >> i'm just devastated. we're all in this together, you know. this i...