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Incredibly difficult to battle the blazes. this is the coastline of malibu. we move in a little further into the coastal mountain range and here is the hidden hills area. there is the bell canyon. these are the locations and homes where a lot of celebrities and a lot of very wealthy individuals live, and their homes are threatened by forest fires. and we still have extreme fire threats here with strong winds, low humidity and timberlike conditions. there is reprieve for the day on saturday for southern california, but northern california will pick up the critical fire threat once again, that i...

Torched, making the campfire, what it is called, one of the deadliest, most destructive in state history. the town of paradise hit hardest. officials say 90% of the homes were destroyed there. meantime, two other fires are wreaking havoc in the los angeles area, south of that first fire we mentioned. the entire town of malibu. home to some of hollywood's biggest celebrities is almost completely abandoned. we have correspondents standing by in two areas seeing the most damage from these fires right now, dan simon is in paradise, in northern california where the flames have consumed nearly an en...

Malibu on mulholland drive. >> talk to me about how difficult it is to get to people, to assess. i spent a little time in malibu. you can be in remote sections in the foothills where homes have a lot of acreage, horses, and then you can be on the opposite side of pacific coast highway and be there on the coastline. everyone's journey is different when it comes to evacuations. how do you check on one another, assist one another in a circumstance like this. >> sure. malibu is a small town. we really look out for our neighbors and we're used to evacuating, we're i'd -- used to dealing with fire. ...

Now, things are calm, but there is concern about tonight when there's going to be another red flag warning and winds kick up again. so fire crews want to build more containment lines and get the upper hand on this blaze. fred? >> dan, horrible situation. also very bad south of you. kaylee hartung is in malibu. these flames are showing no signs of slowing down. what's happening there? >> reporter: the woolsy fire stands at 0% containment. since the fire broke out midday thursday, l.a. county and venture a county strike and air teams have been hard at work around the clock. you know, we started ...

Been discarded here. take a look at this school bus. makes you wonder if the driver realized that he was in danger and just left the school bus here. keep in mind, this fire broke out at 6:00 in the morning. as you go through town, it is unbelievable in terms of what you see. pretty much every home you come across is gone. you see businesses burned to the ground. schools, churches, retirement centers, you name it. we talked to police officers and firefighters and everyone is basically saying they've never seen anything like this. in terms of containment, right now it is 20%. the fire doesn't s...