extremely worried. take a listen. i couldn t even sleep last night. i was up at 4:00 in the morning checking the fire. everything was aglow. some people have absolutely no other place to go that are here. they are making it just barely. reporter: bill, there are 21 aircraft fighting this fire. 400 firefighters. they don t expect to get containment until at least a week, bill. bill: you wonder when the end is in sight and whether or not you could even see the end to the fire season. how has the weather been? what is the forecast for that, looking weeks or even months down the road. reporter: it s going to be hot and dry throughout the west. major fires have been burning in every single major state. fire in wyoming. idaho, california expected to be very hot throughout the next web. the cost of these fires have mounted significantly. take into account these numbers. so far the average acreage this time of year is 5 million acres,