reporter: warm and windy conditions, bad conditions for a vegetation fire and that s what got away from them today. we are in the driveway of one of the homes that was threatened and where crews are keeping watch all night. but take a look just after dark. hot spots lighting the hill here and it still isn t out. at its peak, 100 homes were threatened. it just banded from there, he got away from there. reporter: it not occur to him this wasn t a good day for a fire. i guess not. on a one windy day like this. reporter: those who almost lost their homes were startled. reporter: it s absolutely ridiculous when it s this windy. for everybody out there. one lesson to learn, first houses they are going to protect is the ones that they have done a job to protect it themselves because they know they have a chance. if they haven t, they re not going to waste their time. reporter: the message from fire bosses, be ready. this does not seem like a february for fires. b