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We are still waiting for the howling winds to materialize. they haven't yet. we have been told that the winds are expected to pick up between now and sunrise. so the next four hours or so will be critical for firefighters working to hold the line and make sure this fire does not get any bigger. a week after it started. the kincade fire has grown to 76,000 acres. and amid today's wind protecting homes will be the top priority today. >> what we tend to do in these fire fights during the wind event is literally go house to house and stop it in backyards. roll up hoses, go to the next house and st...

A half hour or. less of that it was here already. then i walked outside my deck was on fire about. time lapse footage shows the sonoma plays darkening the sky on sunday firefighting conditions worsened further the blaze is huge with spot fires springing up around its edges thousands of firefighters are battling it but even so they admit they're losing the battle. well right now you know the wind conditions continue continue to be a challenge force were prepping the story right now for structure defense in the event that the fire does make a run with the wind driven of them towards this subdivi...

Had just begun to recover from their last devastating encounter with fire. if you see this big. smoke in big bold in the sky back there probably within a half hour. listen that it was here already. dinner walked outside my deck was on fire the. time lapse footage shows the sonoma plays darkening the sky on sunday firefighting conditions worsened further the blaze is huge with spot fires springing up around its edges thousands of firefighters are battling it but even so they admit they're losing the battle. now right now you know the wind conditions can can continue to be a challenge force were...

Jacob is in ventura, california, where the thomas fire has burned up to 90,000 acres. what are you seeing behind you? >> reporter: well, we just saw moments ago, this eucalyptus tree up in flames. these firefighters in the fire department came in and extinguished it quickly. we are near multimillion dollar homes. chief, tell me what we are looking at. >> the main fire from 101. had the ember cast from the wind, got into the palm tree, growing plantation here. palm trees lit off. embers showered the homes here. we had a number of engine strikes providing structure defense to protect the homes f...

Shape, this is 13 and 14 hours in, and landfall 300 acres. >> we have seen humidity levels come up to 90%, and the wind dissipated, and we made a lot of progress overnight, and we still have a lot of fire line to go with only 15% containment. >> a woman was just talking about a new development going up, and there are homes that would be just frames going up very quickly, and how close is the fire to that development? >> approximately half a mile away from that development. fortunately, the fire is burning away from that area, but we have crews in structure defense protecting those properties. ...