canada. two super scoopers from question beck helping in and out california. residents continue on their quest to cool off in dangerous rehot fire weather. paul vercammen joins us. i understand active duty soldiers are being called out to help with some of the fires? reporter: that s right. they will focus their attention on the northwest. they are coming from fort lewis mccord. they are ar tillary and infantry soldiers. there are so many fires and they are so spread out, this is how the soldiers can help. he will be trained briefly this week. they don t expect them to go into the most has hardous conditions but they do want them to mop up, dig fire lines, watch for spot fires and future them out of the that will free up more experienced crews to go into the complex, dangerous and hazardous conditions. paul, appreciate it. there is a lot more happening tonight. amber walker has the 360
states. the national fire preparedness level at five, the highest. a resident praised crews for sparing his home. they came quick. it came hot and heavy. and then the winds kicked up. and it just was unstoppable. reporter: other residents not as fortunate. more than 50,000 acres burned, 1,000 residents evacuated. we thought it was this little fire. and the wind got faster and faster. reporter: in california, over 13,000 firefighters are trying to extinguish almost two dozen stubborn blazes, a stubborn california heat wave, where firefighters tried to save a fully engulfed lodge. major traffic jams, aerial support on this, the lincoln fire, came from canadian. two superscoopers from quebec helping. residents continued on their
now battling blazes in 10 states. the national fire preparedness level at 5. that s the highest. all most two dozen fires scorching washington state alone. a relieved resident praised crews for sparing his home in the face of roaring flames. it came quick, hot, heavy. wind kicked up. it was unstoppable. reporter: dozens of structures and more than 50,000 acres burned. 1,000 residents evacuated. we thought it was a little fire. started spreading. spreading. the wind got faster and faster. reporter: in california. 13,000 firefighters trying to extinguish two dozen stubborn blazes. a stubborn heat wave, fueling the fire where firefighters tried to save a fully engulfed lodge. a suspected arson fire caused traffic jams, walls of flames exploded over the road. aerial support on this the lincoln fire came from canada. two super scoopers from quebec helping in southern california.
fueling this fire where firefighters tried to save a lodge. in montebello a suspected arson fire caused major traffic jams. walls of flame exploded over the road. aerial support on this the lincoln fire came from canada. two super scoopers from quebec helping out in southern california. this plane dipping into the water to reload while residents continued on their quest to cool off in dangerously hot fire weather. and perhaps lost in all this is the success. a cal fire spokesman telling me today that they ve been able to keep 96.7% of the fires to 10 acres or less. and 95% is their goal. paul vercammen on the scene, thank you. meteorologist jennifer grey monitoring conditions from the cnn weather center. these fire crews are facing terrible conditions right now. here s the question is there any relief in sight? not much. and the problem is when you have
and no national parks. i mean, all the parks are closed, if you will. these guys are up there, they got a campfire going, they re throwing paper in the fire, it gets out of hand, they run down the mountain, somebody sees them, they get arrested. they re being held right now on half a million dollars bail and they ll decide today whether there ll be federal or state charges. and i just want to show you one picture. these super scoopers, they re on loan from canada. they were supposed to go back on december 31st, the state held them for another 30 days, thank god we did. they inhale, if you will, 1600 gallons, drop it on the fire, then cycle back in just minutes, very effective yesterday at knocking down this fire and protecting homes. back to you. jenna: it s good that we have that, william. thank you very much. we re are stay on we ll stay on this story as it develops. jon: as we mentioned, california governor jerry brown says they re dealing with severe drought across much of that s