and we re hearing now that nearly 600 homes have gone up in flames in the middletown community, this valley fire. and if you look at that number alone, i can t think of a wild fire that has been this severe in california in a number of years. in fact it s probably one of the worst we ve seen along the west coast for some time. carol, we re also getting more details about the one confirmed fatality. this is a heartbreaking situation. a 72-year-old woman, multiapproximamultiple sclerosis. she has a care giver who wasn t there at the time. she called 911 but by the time authorities got to the house the house was fully involved in flames and this woman died. you still have some more people who are unaccounted before. so unfortunately that death toll is just probably going to go up. dan simon live from middletown, california. still to come in the news room. rich guys rule.