chief of this town of about 600 residents. she is often the first one to call residents to tell them their home is gone. i m still kind of numb. after losing everything that i worked for and everything, all these years, it s gone. and everybody says, oh, it s so replaceable. well, no, a lot of it isn t. reporter: kelly groso lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday, the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. chief katrin and several residents were angry that air drops fromming as didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger. a lot of the engines weren t where they should have been and weren t down there maybe. at that point i was ready to sigh i can t do this anymore. reporter: burned an area
reporter: saturday kelly grosso last one of the 16 homes burned in doyle, everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday, the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. and chief and several residents were angry that air drops from state and federal agencies didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger because a lot of the engines weren t down there, you know, maybe. and at that point i was ready to just say i can t do this anymore. reporter: apocalyptic fire scenes are appearing more and more. so far 67 large fires across 12 states have burned an area nearly five times the size of new york is city. the frequency has sky rocketed. reporter: dennis hit has spent 25 years battling some of the biggest blazes in the state. we used to get what you would call came career fires maybe once every few years and we re seeing career fires 100,000 plus
replaceable. well, no. a lot of it isn t. reporter: saturday kelly lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday, the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. the chief and several residents were airing that air-drops from state and federal agencies didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger. a lot of the engines weren t where they should have been and weren t down there, maybe. and i was at that point i was ready to say i can t do this anymore. reporter: apocalyptic fire scenes are appearing more and more across the west. so far this year, 67 large fires across 12 states have burned an area nearly five times the size of new york city. the frequency of fires has skyrocketed. reporter: cal fire captain dennis smith spent 25 years battling some of the biggest blazes in the state of california. we used to get what you would call career fires maybe once
california. so tonight here s cnn s sara sidner in doyle, california, for us. the entire town was evacuated. reporter: this is the second time in just eight months kathy s hometown has lost more than a dozen homes to wildfire. it sounded like a freight train coming down the mountain. all you see is this orange wall of flames everywhere in front of you, everywhere you look. reporter: she s the volunteer fire chief of this town of about 600 residents. she is often the first one to call residents to tell them their home is gone. i m still kind of numb. i mean after losing everything that i worked for and everything all these years, it s gone, and everybody says, oh, it s so replaceable and stuff like that. well, no. a lot of it isn t. reporter: saturday, kelly grosso lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday, the fire came roaring back, devouring more
reporter: a volunteer fire chief in this town of 600 residents, she is often the first one to call residents to tell them their home is gone. i m still kind of numb. i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all these years, it s gone, and everybody says oh, it s replaceable. well, no, a lot of it isn t. reporter: saturday kelly grosso lost one of the 16 homes burned in doyle. everyone thought the danger was over. but on monday the fire came roaring back, devouring more homes. chief and several residents were angry that air drops from state and federal agencies didn t come earlier. we were like the lone ranger because a lot of engines weren t where they should have been and weren t down there maybe. and i was at that point i was ready to say i can t do this any more. reporter: apocalyptic fire scenes are appearing more and more across the west. so far this year 67 large fires across 12 states have burned an