correspondent. what does it look like on the ground and tell us about the efforts under way to try and contain and put out these fires. reporter: ayman, so 50 niles away firefighters are fighting against the tamarack fire. i want to highlight something very important and this is the fuel reduction project, one of the fuel reduction projects happening all across california. very important. it s a different fight. a fight to prepare the forest for what could be a devastating wildfire season. look at these machines that will essentially get through all the smaller vegetation to try to protect the larger trees. the reason this vegetation is so dangerous right now is because of the drought that we re experiencing all across california. sure, yeah. everything is drier than usual. that s what we re seeing on the dixie fire up in the canyon. it s primarily a fuel-driven fire. fires don t burn like that, that big in forests under normal conditions.