reno. you are supposed to see mountains in the distance but smoke and thick fog and haze blanketing the air here. this fire and several others prompted california governor newsom to issue a state of emergency. the bootleg fire is more than 401,000 acres burning and we were with crews on the front lines on that blaze. take a listen to how one described the challenges of fighting this fire. >> the fire itself is faster than the firefighters can get control over it. the winds and the trees and the brush that's so dry burns at a rate faster than we can keep up with it. no matter how many people we throw at it. it outpaced us for several days. >> reporter: and that's the challenge across the west. the drought conditions prompting