down on the side of the road. engine fire, setting up sparks and igniting what is called a monster. it's so erratic and volatile. firefighters are having a hard time beating back the flames. it's killed six people, including two firefighters and it's wiped out entire neighborhoods and whipped up a fire tornado that terrorized the community of redding. >> shepard, that smoke that you saw hit any face is the wind changing directions erratically. that's what's causing these firefighters a lot of challenges. overall, the state has spent $119 million just on fire suppression. not the cost of the two structures that has been lost. that's almost a quarter of the fire budget and we're a month into the budget. shepard? >> shepard: thanks, hillary. a priest on board a plane that crashed in mexico says the weather was so bad, he thought the pilot might call off the flight. that's what he told one of the