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Extreme red flag warning in effect here, as we come on the air, for critical fire weather conditions while 400-plus miles to the north of us, crews are still working to gain the upper hand in that epic battle against the fire that has displaced more than 100,000 people and is still on the move. tonight with major fires on both ends of california, the worst may still be to come >> we have the most significant wind event in los angeles of the year it will be starting this evening. >> reporter: the biggest blaze, the kincade fire, burning in sonoma county, growing overnight, now more than 75,000 ...

Evacuated. a thousand homes are threatened at this point. at least one home burned. but crews do not want it to spread any further right now. they were prepared for this really strong wind event. they had crews all over the state spread out for this because this is one of the worse wind events they expected throughout the year. but still a lot of crews are coming in to help from all over the place as they continue to fight these flames. we'll send it back to you. >> kim, thank you. nbc's steve patterson is also on the ground in simi valley. steve, what's the situation where you are? >> reporte...

Side we watched burn to the ground at 4:00 a.m. on sunday morning. so this is the sort of devastation that hundreds of businesses and residences are now -- or i should say, residents are going through. 200 structures destroyed total. 86 at this point have been termd to be homes. total devastation. the good news is that the wind event that we've been experiencing, 30 to 50-mile-per-hour gusts from the higher elevations has started to subside. there's opportunity for progress right now, but there is always the possibility, as long as there are flames and as long as there is some level of gusting...

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We have the most significant wind event in los angeles of the year that will be starting this evening. >> last thing before we go tonight, that's the mayor of l.a., and while it's hard to predict fire conditions any worse than what we've seen in california this week, tonight will be the night. the national weather service has never issued an extreme red flag warning before. such a thing had never been issued because it didn't exist before today. and here's another quote. conditions are as dangerous for fire growth and behavior as we have seen in recent memory. 20 million californians are in da...