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We are still waiting for the howling winds to materialize. they haven't yet. we have been told that the winds are expected to pick up between now and sunrise. so the next four hours or so will be critical for firefighters working to hold the line and make sure this fire does not get any bigger. a week after it started. the kincade fire has grown to 76,000 acres. and amid today's wind protecting homes will be the top priority today. >> what we tend to do in these fire fights during the wind event is literally go house to house and stop it in backyards. roll up hoses, go to the next house and st...

>> harris: christina, just real quickly -- it's harris -- i'm reading now the number has popped to 1.5 million people in 30 counties in the state but now don't have electricity as power companies are trying to keep the sparks down. what is that situation like where you are? >> well, right now i can tell you that in southern california, you have southern california edison, they've shut off power to at least 14,000 customers. they were going to consider doing so for at least 300,000 customers sometime during this very windy wind event. it's unclear how many people are going to be losing power du...

Practice my faith, never let my religious beliefs. rob: the priest denied communion to biden over his support for abortion. carley: the getty fire was sparked by a tree branch following on a power line. the area now under its first-ever extreme red flag warning. rob: that was the moment the getty fire started in the winds are intensifying, the diablo, santa ana wednesday night. power outages in the north. >> that is where we find claudia cowan in santa rosa. anything getting better? >> reporter: that is right. we are now in this critical window with the latest wind

Firefighters working to make sure the kincaid fire does not get any bigger. it has grown to 76,000 acres. to give you a better idea how big that is, take a look at the fire's footprint overlaid on a map of new york city. here is how it looks over a map of washington dc and this fire has taken out 186 structures, 86 of them homes. thousands of others to reflect and protecting them will be the main objective today. >> what we do in these firefights during a wind event is literally go house to house and stop it in backyards. perimeter control is not very effective in high winds but structure prot...

Make sure that smoldering flame does not morph back to life, the moment that fire began early monday morning when high windss blue a branch into a power line, sparking a brush that quickly exploded. the fire has burned 650 acres. electricity still out for 1 million people and frustration is growing, since saturday, searching for places to charge their phones, even to take a shower. pg and the hopes to get everyone back online after this next wind event dies down hopefully later today. and the higher elevations, a lot of people holding their breath hoping firefighters can hold the