wildfires and the alarming images coming in. firefighters battling multiple fires on the ground and in the air. tonight right here you will see firefighters, a firsthand view of what they re facing on the front lines with nearly 80 fires now burning in 13 states. abc s kaylee hartung in california tonight. reporter: tonight, new video shows the conditions from inside the truck as firefighters work to save a housing development from the tamarack fire. that fire now burning over 68 square miles in mono county, california, and along the nevada border. it s just 1 of at least 79 large wildfires tearing through the drought-stricken west. the dixie fire reaching mega fire status, burning over 103,000 acres, and it s just 17% contained. and the bootleg fire in oregon now nearly 400,000 acres, the largest in the country and one of the largest in oregon s history, expected to burn until at least november. and, david, fueling these fires, are record-breaking heat waves and a megadrought.
alarming images coming in. firefighters battling multiple fires on the ground and in the air. tonight right here you will see firefighters, a firsthand view of what they re facing on the front lines with nearly 80 fires now burning in 13 states. abc s kaylee hartung in california tonight. reporter: tonight, new video shows the conditions from inside the truck as firefighters worked to save a housing development from the tamarack fire. that fire now burning over 68 square miles in mono county california and along a nevada border. it s just 1 of at least 79 large wildfires tearing through the drought stricken west. the dixie fire reaching mega fire status, burning over 103,000 acres, and it s just 17% contained. and the bootleg fire in oregon, now nearly 400,000 acres, the largest in the country and one of the largest in oregon s history, expected to burn until at least november. david, fueling these fires, a regard-breaking heat wave and