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They're obviously trying to seal off this area, in case any of these embers that kick up create a worse situation. and they're doing things like running maintenance. we can show you another house off my right shoulder. take a look at this. this is right next door. you can seal firefighter see f family members back there. we spoke to them right before i'm speaking to you. this was in the family home since 1989. family members obviously devastated here on scene. firefighters combing through the wreckage with the family. this is just one, again, of several scenes throughout the entire state. you ...

Results of that. unfortunately, a lot of people were home at the time it broke out. they had no idea this was coming. these wind events are fast. there's no warning. all it takes is a single group of embers and you have another fire sprouting up. the good thing, as you mentioned, it appears calm because the winds are calm. if i was talking to you yesterday, it would look like i was literally in a wind tunnel. i'd have to have my goggles on, something covering my mouth. today, the winds are a whole lot better. it's gotten to the point where firefighters can make a whole lot more progress on fir...

Of them all over the state. behind me, i mean it looks peaceful because everything's gone. i mean, take a look at this. this is the hillside fire. essentially, the hillside it burnt down on. you can see this is all charred out but it's gone and raced all the way down overnight in a very, very, very quick time. 200 acres into this neighborhood. we can show you what happened down here. more heartbreaking, obviously. take a look here. this house, firefighters have a hose on it but it's already completely gone and charred out. this is one of six houses in this community alone. 500 homes had to be ...

Evacuations in sonoma county. a beautiful wine country with face masks. celebrities among the thousands forced to evacuate. the national weather service warns conditions will get even wurs today. let's get more from stephanie elam. she's in l.a. for us. >> reporter: christine and dave, they say this wind event is like no other, so much so the national weather service has said this is an extreme weather event, the first time they have ever used language like that for los angeles. they're saying these winds could be as much as 80 miles per hour and in line with some hurricane-force winds. that s...

Threatening celebrity homes including lebron james and arnold schwarzenegger. the national weather service warns it could get worse today. more from stephanie elam from los angeles. >> reporter: christine and dave, they're saying this wind event is like no other, so much so the national weather service has now said this is an extreme weather event, the first time they've ever used language like that for los angeles. they're saying these winds could be as much as 80 miles an hour and in line with some hurricane-force winds. that said, people should not mess around. want people to be prepared, r...