island of evia. a huge wildfire in northern california is now the second largest in the state s history with thousands of people forced out of their homes. the dixie fire has been burning for more than 26 days, and almost 10,000 firefighters are trying to contain it. azaday moshiri reports. it has become the second largest fire in california s history. flames so relentless, they threaten entire towns. the now infamous dixie fire started almost one month ago in the north of the state and is now around 2.5 times the size of new york. and there is still no sign of it abating. 11 major wildfires are burning across the state. 489,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the dixie fire alone. and only 21% of the blaze is contained. but it is notjust land but also lives that are at risk. thousands have been evacuated under orders from the state.
times the size of new york, and there is still no sign of abating. 11 major wildfires are burning across the state. 489,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the dixie fire alone. and only 21% of the blaze is contained. but it s notjust land, but also lives that are at risk. thousands have been evacuated under orders from the state, leaving their homes and businesses at mercy of the blaze. you could see the red coming over the hill, it was a monster, it truly is. california s governor walked through the historic gold rush town of greenville which has been ravaged by the fire and left in ruins. the fires are getting a lot drier and the heat and hot weather is a lot harder than it s ever been.
whether out of politics in a place like the united states or poverty in developing nations where they need to be switching to new forms of energy. they re using movement from corporations but you don t know how much is green washing but no. the answer is not nearly enough action is happening to match this warning. it comes down to the fate of ourselves and our kids. the human nature. yeah. bill weir, you ll be covering it all day. thank you for getting up early. thank you. bill was talking about the extreme swings. there s one going on now. 100 large fires burning across 15 states in mostly the western united states. the largest blaze is in california s dixie fire. that has already consumed one town. it burned more than 489,000 acres becoming the second largest fire in california s history. we get more now from our reporter. reporter: the smoke here is
sunday intensified the blaze which is far from contained. camilla burnal has more on this for us. so what wr do where do we stand at this point? reporter: the fire keeps growing and growing and weather is not cooperating. so the smoke has cleerped but it has gotten hotter and drier and so what we are left with is 489,000 acres already burned and containment still at 21%. we ve not seen progress over the entire weekend. we re expecting an update from authorities but as of this moment, no progress. and that is what is making it so difficult. this fire has been burning for 26 days straight. and more vaccination orders have been issued. we got the alerts on our phobes and our phones and we ve talked to people who have lost their phones because of the fires and seeing the fire and smelling the smoke and hearing the siren,
it s an enormous problem in this country. the number of part-time workers working two and three jobs that collectively they re making less than when they worked one job that has been replaced and they don t have access to leave, to vacation, to holidays, traditional benefits. shannon: ivanka trump on fox & friends this morning talking about the administration s push to get more jobs for americans. the economy shows full-time jobs increasing 489,000 since president trump took office and the unemployment rate dropping to 4.3%. a 16-year low. joining us for this is melissa francis, our expert on these things. let s look at the markets as well. let s see how far they re up under the trump presidency. we have a graphic showing you across the board big numbers up. how much of this is about