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Community destroyed. given the strength of those winds, that's actually a pretty blessedly low number. this is what folks are worried about. even if an ember from here were to cast a mile away, it could start this whole thing all over again. >> bill, californians are saying that it sure seems that fire seasons are getting much worse. is there any proof of that? >> reporter: absolutely. i'll date myself. i graduate from college southern california 1990. back then an evacuation was a once-in-a-lifetime event and it's becoming more annual. seven of the ten most destructive fires in the history of...

They know of. about 50% contained right now. but big picture, it's important to look at these. because we have become so adapted to these, living in paradise. you lose the trend lines. seven of the ten most destructive fires in this state's history has been in the last four years. cal fire used to prepare for wind events that would last four days. now they have to brace for 14 days at a time, wolf. this is a little break in the action. big picture, life in paradise out here just seems to get riskier and riskier by the year. >> i take it folks out there are citing what the climate crisis for a ...

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...

Through it we'll see something very strong right there right here and drove right up to the fire line those extreme wind events we can pick up and transfer the fire miles away sometimes and there was embers blowing right across the street into these houses. also coming up in the eastern ukraine soldiers are entrenched in a conflict with russian backed separatists after 5 years of fighting can both sides be asked to trust each other. yeah that's right i'm against withdrawing from here it was mean leaving this village unprotected things would just go back to how they were before the ukrainian ar...

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...