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and if you're familiar with that area, it is extremely steep. extremely thick vegetation that has not burned in probably decades. once it's got ahold, and started up that hill, i think we all saw that, as soon as i got to my headquarters, you could see the tremendous smoke column and we knew we had a significant fire. >> okay, this is the live scene right now of what's happening in the laguna hills area. this is the orange county area of colorado. it's about an hour or so outside of los angeles. it's very close to the ocean. you can see that fire burning in the distance there on the ...

Right there. the embers have been managing to get inside the homes, into their attics and then, of course, once they're there, they set fire to the structure and it's very difficult to bring it under control. let's go now to -- >> reporter: john, it's not looking good. not at all. this is a very densely populated area. the region vegetative and elevated. 180 acres consumed so far. containment numbers sit at zero. only going onhere for the last five, six hours. this is north of dana point into the southern extent of areas of orange county. and really important to note that the entirety of the s...