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With that wind pushing this fire this way, it was throwing embers way out, it could be a quarter mile, half mile, possibly up to a mile, depending on the topo a topography. every one of those embers is going to land in that vegetation and start a fire. that's how receptive this vegetation is in california right now as i speak. once those fires start from those embers, they grow and grow and grow. and they'll actually add to the speed of the main body of the fire. they'll draw that main body of the fire to them, making that fire most even faster and with the wind pushing it as well. >> this is ...

This way, it was throwing ember casts, it was throwing embers way out. it could be a quarter mile, half a mile, every one of those embers is going to land in that vegetation and start a fire, that's how receptive this vegetation is in california right now, as i speak. once those fires start from those embers, they grow and grow and grow. and they'll actually add to the speed of the main body of the fire, they'll draw the main body of the fire to them. and with the wind pushing it as well. >> don't question, first of all, the fact that an ember can travel a half mile or mile, and light down and...

day. it looks like the fire came over the chest back there. you can see the fire coming over the mountain. >> we know this is one of the risks that we have here. we are doing it strategically so we can get the people and their biggest threat done first. >> very scary. >> we started with manitou avenue north of. >> banging on my window. >> he was asleep. so i pounded on his door to get him out. >> that's pretty scary. it is right there. >> orange, a lot of orange. >> when you look at it coming down, she is backing down the hill, which is not what we normally see. >> all these fine peo...