thousands of families leaving everything behind, their homes, their clothes, everything, as the flames in california destroyed their communities. but today, even if for an hour, many of them are sitting down for a thanksgiving meal thanks to a team of volunteers and celebrity chef jose andres. he was talking me about firefighter who is have been busy rescuing people who are there now volunteering serving food. >> reporter: i know. it's ridiculous. listen, this fire started a couple of weeks ago and it's still not over. we had some rain last night and we're told that that rain actually helped damp i don't know down some of those spot fires. but there's more rain tonight. there could be mud slides. this is not over. this is a little bit of respite for the people of this area. nearly 14,000 homes destroyed. and also been a respite for these firefighters.