different room and we found him halfway to her room. and, so, he never made it to her room. but even if he had made it, there was no way he was going to leave her. reporter: tonight, nearly 200 people reported missing. one of them, steve liner. we met his brother, al, earlier. i m very worried about him. reporter: they d served in vietnam together. but al hasn t been able to get into the destruction zone. but our press passes gave us access, so we drove him in. i ve called him, god knows how many times and the phones are all down. reporter: then, turned on his brother s street. is that him? that s him! i ve been looking for two days for you guys. reporter: and then, that reunion. brothers in arms. and matt joins us live tonight. he s also here in california with our team. and matt, you ve been reporting on the re-enforcements now that are coming to fight this fight, as far away as nevada? reporter: that s right. firefighters are stretched so thin here that the state o