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Prosecute you to the full extent of the law. Thank you for joining us, three massive wildfires are burning across the bay area. They have scorched over 1100 square miles nearly 7 times the size of san jose. Flames are forcing new evacuation orders this evening. Right now firefighters are bracing for dry lightning and gusty winds that could ignite new fires. The biggest fire is the l and you lightning complex burning in the north bay. More than 500 square miles have been scorched, and containment is at 17 . Katie nielsen is in the Dry Creek Valley area and what are ns l this is actually the calm before the storm, literally and figuratively. The winds have not really picked up yet, we are not seeing any of those thunderheads but we are seeing a lot of these helicopters, this is the national guard, a blackhawk helicopter with what they call a bambi bucket. A 600 60 gallon bucket pulling water out of this pond in the dry creek area then taking off, headed back into the fire lines on the ot

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