president. reporter: cnn the flew over some of this year s hardest hit areas to subsidy the devastation for ourselves. from above our cameras captured the damage of increasing fires. the demarcated lines a sign. there has been nearly 13,000 fires in the same area. roughly a 50% increase from 2020 to 2021. now compare these images with these over a five year period. reporter: further south in the same state, a information cattle rancher is fighting