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Two wildfires burning out of control has prompted three evacuation alerts.

With temperatures barely hovering around 40 degrees making for a slower thaw, the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection said it is not an indication of a quiet fire season, but rather a later season.

Displaced by this fire. dry conditions and the state's four-year long drought are fuelling the fires. cnn's dan simon reports now from middleton, california. >> reporter: with hundreds of homes destroyed, the massive valley wildfire has become the most destructive blaze of the summer in the parched west. the fire has bned more than 60,000 acres. the condition so terrible that the governor has declared a state of emergency for four counties. >> these fires will take lives. they will cause injuries and we have to do the best we can because we are really in a battle with nature that nature is m...

Need. you can see the flare-up there behind this is what is called a fuel-driven fire. there is just so much that can be burnt. with hundreds of homes destroyed, the massive valley wildfire has become the most destructive blaze of the summer in the parched west. the fire has burned more than 60,000 acres. the conditions so terrible that the governor has declared a state of emergency for four counties. >> these fires will take lives. and they will cause injuries. and we have to do the best we can because we are really in a battle with nature that nature is more powerful than we are. >> we don't...