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Well. happening right now a massive wildfire threatening homes and this fire is still growing. the ventura county fire in southern california has now burned some 8,000 acres the flames spreading from the mountains all the way to the pacific coast highway. several communities had to evacuate. cnn's stephanie elam is live on the fire line in ventura county, california, for us right now. stephanie, what are the conditions like? >> right now, john, things have calmed down a bit. over the past couple of hours we watched the hillside behind me actually just engulf in flames and then burn down, jump ...

That's making this outbreak unusual. >> we don't see this type of activity usually until august, september. >> reporter: in the wake of the summit fire, one man is dealing with immeasurable loss. his mother, who bought this home in 1973, passed away just one month ago. >> thank god i wasn't in the house when it happened. thank god i was able to get my dog out, and my mom was watching over me. and so are the neighbors that are around. >> unfortunate for that one man since his was the only home to burn in that summit fire. that fire is about 65% contained. it did burn about 3,000 acres in total....

Seven minutes past the hour. emergency crews in louisiana working frontically to keep a second oil storage tank from exploding. a second tank nearby has already exploded into flames. this is happening in denim springs about 13 miles east of baton rouge. some 30 homes in the area have been evacuated as a precaution. we don't have any word yet on what actually caused that explosion. >> and new developments in the search for the killer of 8-year-old leila fowler. investigators in calaveras county, california, say a neighbor who reported seeing a man run from fowler's home around the time that she...

Coming towards us here, but one thing that's really interesting is that the last few minutes it has gotten very calm. that's something to keep in mind, that this is the calmest time of day for firefighting. the issues usually spring up later in the afternoon when the winds start changing direction and throwing the flames around. that's what firefighters are going to be looking out for as they're battling these fires. also knowing this helps them battle where the fires are going as they venture into ire yeahs that may be closer to residential homes. all of this is something that we're keeping a...

These hills you can still see the smoke and fire that is burning so intensely that they've had to evacuate some people. but keep in mind that this is just one fire. there's also another fire burning that's about 140 miles from here. it's called the summit fire. we drove out there yesterday to take a look. turns out they've got a pretty good handle on it. it's now about 55% contained. and that's a really good number. but things to keep in mind here are just the winds, which could kick up and change the direction of these flames. and that's what firefighters will be watching. this is really the ...