what are you seeing? >> reporter: alex, that is basically the best way to describe it. we are here in southern california. we are following fires on both ends of the state. i'll begin in southern california where you might actually see behind me that this community of west hills is just socked in with some intense smoke. the smoke's so bad that folks around here are walking around with masks. tens of thousands of acres have already burned, more than 200,000 people evacuated. when this fire broke out on thursday, it made a mess on local thorough fafares here in southern california. the flames got dangerously close to pepperdine university in malibu. the city of malibu had to evacuate as well. i want to move on to northern california. you mentioned the camp fire. well, it has now become the most destructive wildfire in california state history. hundreds of thousands of acres burned. that number is likely to grow.