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Everything was black, it was like i was in a black box, and i just drove through it, and i couldn't breathe, and then there was fire everywhere, like you turn around everywhere it was on all sides of you. >> reporter: fire officials have not determined the cause but it started off a series of lightning strikes, and, jon, lightning has caused dozens of wildfires throughout the state. back to you. jon: and other western states aren't doing much better, huh? >> reporter: yeah, dozens of fires burning right now. i'll take you first to idaho. 350 homes near boise are threatened by the trinity ridge...

Bracing for a blaze. the trinity ridge fire, just 4% contained. >> contact is still inevitable, it is going to get here. >> reporter: residents could only listen as officials try to prepare them. >> it makes you absolutely want to cry. >> reporter: even idaho's governor preparing to evacuate his vacation home. >> i'm going to leave when they ask me to leave. i hope everybody else will too. >> reporter: already one death and 14 injuries, fighting fires in idaho. these pictures taken at the state spring fire, show just how intense the fight is on the front lines. as temperatures across the regio...