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>> god, i hope nobody was in that house. >> reporter: with explosions so powerful that residents thought there was an earthquake, the block catches fire. >> is anybody home? >> reporter: neighbors racing to save the people inside, pulling one woman to safety through a window. firefighters transporting the homeowners to the hospital. neighbors start seeing debris from the plane littered across their properties. >> that engine hit the wood and you can see it broke the engine into a million pieces. >> reporter: tonight, abc news confirming the pilot was sugata das, a cardiologist and a father of ...

Will carr is there and will, i know you're learning more about the investigation, but about more about that u.p.s. driver? >> reporter: that's right, david. with authorities here, the big question tonight is why. you can see that u.p.s. truck, the charred remains behind me. it is right in front of those two homes. tonight, u.p.s. is offering its heartfelt broken heartedness for losing their employee. david? >> will carr, thank you. we're going to turn now to the pandemic and one more sign that america may be slowly turning the corner here, the return of the boston marathon and promising news...

But u.p.s. confirming tonight the driver of their u.p.s. truck is among the dead. that plane crashing onto a u.p.s. delivery truck spreading fire right down that street. a number of vehicles and homes turned into fire balls. those victims pulled from their burning homes. the charred outline of what's left of those homes. authorities today describing it as a, quote, brutal scene. at least two people confirmed dead including that driver. two others taken to the hospital. abc's will carr leading us off, he's on the scene in california. >> a plane hit -- oh, my god. >> reporter: tonight, the urgen...

>> getting closer. >> reporter: frank robinson shot this video just before evacuating from his home. he returned to find his worst fears came true. >> well, it's completely gone. and all our neighbors, great neighbors, they're leveled. >> reporter: the historic fire season in the west, driven by a megadrought that's beginning to affect infrastructure. lake oroville is now at less than 25% capacity. officials were forced to shut down the hyatt hydroelectric power plant there for the first time ever due to the lack of water. tonight with smoke smotheringar seeing 150% increase in acres burned th...

Lake oroville's water level so low, a major hydroelectric plant shut down. here's will carr. >> reporter: tonight, fire crews are in hand-to-hand combat against wildfires showing no sign of letting up. the dixie fire now bigger than houston. overnight, the small community of canyondam suffering devastating damage. firefighters racing to save what they can from this burning garage in nearby lake almanor west, using a bulldozer to try to contain the flames and keep them from spreading to homes nearby. officials say the fire has destroyed well over 100 homes. and after leveling the historic town ...