and the firefighters just standing there doing their thing. that homeowner watching in fear as you can hear flames inch so close to her home. more than 1,000 firefighters are working this one. in many cases they re using planes and fire retardant as a last line of defense. it has consumed nearly 9,000 hectares. and that isn t even california s largest wildfires. smoke has stretched now across the united states all the way to new york city. that s amazing. weather of course plays a big deal in all of this. ivan cabrera is here on deck. did you see those flames coming out of the pool there? just indicative of the winds whipping up and that s spreading the fire. containment has tripled since we were here last night. let s talk about that. we now have reports of 36% containment on that and the
proven by the fact this doesn t happen very often, but i think the safety system s in place. but the fact is, there were people at three different levels that didn t do the right thing. so we first look at performance of the safety mechanisms and if the performance isn t done properly then you go back and look at the individual. but i don t see a systemic problem here. but if it isn t an individual, if it was something that could easily have been overlooked, at that point the system needs to be looked at as well. that s very interesting. investigation bears out there. i want to get your insights into the work of the air traffic control to try to get in young man to land that airplane. let s listen to a bit of that conversation. i got a lot of people that care about me. and it s going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them.
but i think the safety system s in place, but the fact is, there were people at three different levels that didn t do the right thing. so we first look at performance of the safety mechanisms and if the performance isn t done properly, then you go back and look at the individual. but systemic as you had mentioned, i don t see a systemic problem here. but if is it isn t an individual, if it was something that could have easily been overlooked, then at that point the system needs to be looked at as well. that s very interesting. i want to get your insights into the work of the air traffic control to try to get this young noon land that airplane. let s listen to a bit of that conversation. i got a lot of people that care about me and it s going to disappoint them to hear that i did this. i would like to apologize to each and every one of them. just a broken guy, got a few