where her house is during the peak of the fire. her house sits in one of the hottest and most vulnerable spots in the blaze. she watches the choppers and wonders. how long have you lived here? 28 years. reporter: you ve been here 28 years. right there, right where they are dropping the water. reporter: pamela lives ajay sent to the wood river. there are 15 helicopters dropping water. we went with pamela to her house. pamela, it looks like your house is okay. it s standing and i m really grateful for that. reporter: the flames aren t far away but firefighters and choppers are close by. it reminds me of the vietnam movies, vietnam it feels it is like a war, it is like a war for them fighting the fire and i feel for them. reporter: the danger is not over yet, but pamela feels much better now than when we met her
there is good news to report. while the fire is only 9% contained, crews say they have turned a corner. gary tuchman has more. reporter: it s the not knowing that s the hardest part. not knowing if your house is still standing or up in flames. it s what pamela sue martin wants to know as she watches helicopters drop water right where her house is located. i m very grateful that they re there. watching these fires on the mountains for the last three days burn it down. reporter: pamela is an actress and writer who has had a successful career. she s one of many celebrities who live in the sun valley, idaho area. but she lives here year around. it is not a second home. this has been very hard. really all the emotions are coming now watching them put it out. reporter: pamela took these dramatic pictures where her house is during the peak of the fire.
smoke from dozens of wildfires hangs over the western third of the country tonight. take a look at the latest map. each individual flame indicates an active fire. the large pink area indicates conditions are hot and dry enough for new fires to ignite at anytime. the beaver creek wildfire in idaho has been especially destructive. take a look at that. 106,000 acres scorched so far. 1800 firefighters are on the front lines. there s finally some good news to report. while the fire is only 9% contained and it s touch and go, crews say they have turned the corner. gary tuchman is some hailey, idaho, tonight. reporter: it s the not knowing that s the hardest part. not knowing if your house is still standing or up in flames. it s what pamela sue martin wants to know as she watches helicopters drop water right where her house is located. i m very grateful that they re there. watching these fires on the mountains for the last three days burn it down.
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two things i want to say. this is what happens when you walk around people who say yes to you all the time and never say no. somebody should have said, you know what, you don t want to put that there. or can i just listen to what you are going to say first? the other thing, he should look at lace garrett. they will put up a picture before and after. i grew up with garrett and he was the justin bieber of the midto late 70s. he can barely make it through rehab. and what was the problem? everybody said yes to him. nobody said no. that s the problem. jay how did sean cassidy make it out alive? his brother was david cassidy and who could forget the wonders as pamela sue martin as nancy drew.