this particular map is how we re noticing the drought filling back into southern and central california. the three fires we focus on even though there are several more across the state, there is the carr fire just about 50,000 acres burned, only 5% containment. better news for the cranston and ferguson fires, it looks like firefighters are starting to get a handle on that, those numbers bumping up. redding, california just a little south of the oregon border, temperatures look hot. we re talking triple digit heat for the day today. and this fire, the carr fire, is massive. but just to put it in p perspecti perspective, it didn t top the ten largest. if you recall back in december of 2017, the thomas fire in ventura. as paul mentioned in the package before me, we had over 80 fires active over the western u.s. the actual number is 89 as we speak. this is all amidst an extreme heat wave that continues to boil over the western parts of the country. it has started to relax along
devastating news for many a places, more than 80 massive wildfires are burning across the united states. 80. one of the biggest is the carr fire in northern california. two people have died and two children and their great grandmother are missing after their home went up in flames. paul hats os other story. reporter: high winds and high temperatures wreaking havoc. the carr fire has ravaged the region since monday, doubling in size over the course of the week and it is still growing. deadly and out of control, it has charred some 45,000 acres and dozens of structures as firefighters try to contain it. neighborhoods scorched as smoke and fire climb through hills fueled by the dried landscape. no idea what we ll do
tomorrow. reporter: dominic and his wife sylvia never imagined they would see their house like this. we didn t think the fire was going to come here, so we didn t really take things out. like everybody else that was scrambling at the last minute to get out when we saw the fire on the ridge. reporter: officials say more extreme temperatures are in the forecast and it will only continue to make this fire all the more worrisome. it is one of several major pleases burning across the state and one of some 89 across the country. this is that new normal, that unpredictability, the large explosive growth fires. reporter: leaving firefighters working to control the flames and limit the damage as residents race against the clock to evacuate their homes. paul vercammen, cnn, redding, california. california over and over again we see this every year. difficult visuals to see and difficult to hear about the grandmother and two children that are missing. but the carr fire is one that
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live from america s news headquarters i m trace gallagher. strong winds are creating problems for firefighters battling the carr fire in northern california. it s already claimed two lives. mandatory evacuations remain in effect for the city of shasta lake and its 10,000 residents. nearly 5,000 homes are threatened. 55 have already been destroyed in shasta lake. the fire has already burned nearly 45,000 acres and it s only 3% contained. the carr fire began monday. twitter stock plunging more than 20% today. twitter s decline follows $1 it 0 billion loss by facebook $190 billion loss by facebook yesterday. the social media says monthly users dropped in the second quarter adding further declines are expected in the