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Not. >> reporter: true so it's name the power house fire packed a punch scorching more than 30,000 acres of land, threatened 1,000 homes and destroyed at least six. homes like the one where the stilson family used to live, reduced to rubble. the family is used to wild fires because they're a family of firefighters. the retired firefighter picking up the pieces of his parents home like so many residents he spent his life saving. >> i couldn't believe it how the fire spread. no, it's -- some of the wheelbarrows that i pushed when i was a teenager over there all melted. >> sifting through what's ...
Get out. two wildfires are also crackling in new mexico. one is in the santa fe national forest. and in southern california, we have been watching those pictures the last couple of days, the huge powerhouse fire, that is still raging. some evacuations, though, have been lifted. so that is some good news for folks there, thousands of firefighters are fighting that wildfire. dan timen is covering the powerhouse fire for us from lake hughes, california. dan, what is helping firefighters get the upper hand here? >> reporter: well, i would say it is the weather and really the aggressive efforts of ...
That erupted in the foothills west of denver, forcing thousands to evacuate and now being allowed to return home. although small in acreage, the blue bell fire burned dangerously close to homes. the blaze, the latest outbreak of flames raging out west, from colorado to the tres lagunas fire, to the powerhouse fire in california. this consuming much in their path. >> this hill, that pill, and this hill right close to the house. >> devastating and i feel bad for my neighbors. feel really lucky for the firefighters to have saved our house. >> reporter: the wildfire in new mexico, spread over 8,00...
Destroyed by the power house fire there. that blaze is now 60% contained. >> a flooding emergency in missouri, a breached levey forcing hundreds of of residents in west alton, missouri to evaluate. it is currently more than 10 feet above flood stage and severe flooding sposable there today. >> severe storms claimed 18 lives in oahoma city since friday. we're still in tornado season so we're watching the slight risk area. a bulls eye, once again, typically where we see it around oklahoma city. also including exterior areas in oklahoma. all the ingredients still there. a lot of the warm moistu...