tomorrow. reporter: dominic and his wife sylvia never imagined they would see their house like this. we didn t think the fire was going to come here, so we didn t really take things out. like everybody else that was scrambling at the last minute to get out when we saw the fire on the ridge. reporter: officials say more extreme temperatures are in the forecast and it will only continue to make this fire all the more worrisome. it is one of several major pleases burning across the state and one of some 89 across the country. this is that new normal, that unpredictability, the large explosive growth fires. reporter: leaving firefighters working to control the flames and limit the damage as residents race against the clock to evacuate their homes. paul vercammen, cnn, redding, california. california over and over again we see this every year. difficult visuals to see and difficult to hear about the grandmother and two children that are missing. but the carr fire is one that
unpredictability, large growth fires. reporter: sadly scenes like this are the new normal world wide, in greece, experts say extreme summer heat accelerated the fire that turned these iconic white hill sooisd black with ash. the flames rose so quickly, some families rose into the sea for relief. the temperatures were so high, so normal. they could do anything as you can see, houses, cars, everything destroyed. reporter: the greek fires claim more than 80 lives so far, in just the last few weeks, more than 3400 daily high temperature records have been broken or tied, including unprecedented numbers in the north. montreal canada at 82. in sahara desert, they packed at 124 degrees this month. so are we ready for triple digit temperatures and consequences to go from extreme to expected?
region since monday doubling in size over the course of the week and it s still growing. deadly and out of control it s charred some 45,000 acres and dozens of structures as firefighters try to contain it. neighborhoods scorched as smoke and fire climb through hills fueled by the dried landscape. no idea what we re going to do tomorrow. hell, we don t know what we re going to do tonight. reporter: they never imagined they d see their house like this. we didn t think the fire was going to come here so we didn t take things out like everybody else that was scrambling like at the last minute to take things out when they saw the fire on the ridge. reporter: it s one of several major blazes burning across the state and one of some 89 across the country. this is that new normal, that unpredictability, the large explosive growth fires.
their house like this. we didn t think the fire was coming here. we didn t really take things out. like everybody else, that was scrambling at the last minute to get out. reporter: temperatures and winds make the fire all the more fierce. it is one of three major blazes across the state. and one of 88 across the country. this is that new normal, unpredictability. the large, explosive growth fires. reporter: sadly, this is new normal worldwide as temperatures rise due to climate change. in greece, experts say extreme summer heat accelerated the fire that turned the hillsides black with ash. some families ran into the sea for relief. the temperature was so high, so nobody could do anything as you can see. houses, cars, everything destroyed. reporter: the greek fires claimed more than 80 lives so