contained. nearly 7,000 more homes are in harm s way. a second fire in the sierra nevada foothills wiped out 500 additional homes. at least five people have been killed in the blazes. there are send active wildfires in northern california. southern california is facing serious weather problems as well. let s get to meteorologist pedram javaheri. good morning, christine and john. fire situation across california improving when it comes to the large fire. the valley fire now 75% contained. incredible to think this fire, top three when it comes to the most destructive with infrastructure damage. as much of the record-breaking fires occurring since the year 2000. here we go to the southwest. wet weather maker to phoenix and heavy rainfall bringing 6 million people under a flood
today. rachelle bond is implicated in the murder of the girl. her boyfriend is charged with murder. the girl s father has told two boston newspapers said the daughter was killed because the mother s boyfriend believed she was possessed by demons. still struggling with monster wildfires. the butte and valley fires are the most destructive in history. clean up has started in areas where residents are seeing for the first time what little is left of their homes and property. everything was destroyed. house, barn, wood shed. a whole backhoe. the valley fire is a little more than 50% contained. authorities say the cause is still under investigation. an historic trip for the
butte fires. this is where we ve seen the most destruction when it comes to property and to lives as well. how are these fires today? what sort of containment are are we looking at? so fortunately, we re making progress. the valley fire is 75,781 acres but 70% contained, and the butte fire is 70,760 acres but 74% contained. so we continue to make good progress on getting full containment. jenna: and what s going to be key to getting that full containment? obviously, the commitment and continued commitment of all the firefighters and resources from not just cal fire, but from the hundreds of fire departments from around california that are making this work and, you know, and weather. we ve been fortunate with some cooperative, cooler weather, but we re cautious because we re again breaking 100 degrees today and continue with some warm temperatures. jenna: for the fires that are still on the move, as you mentioned, it s great to hear some of that progress, chief. are the fires moving
we ve been able to, again, really put in resources and protect the structures. but as you know, fire conditions continue to be extreme, and we re having over 250 tires a week in fires a week in the state. as we saw east of carmel over the weekend, a fire rapidly grew in monterey county to over a thousand acres. it s about moving resources and attacking those two fires to keep them small. jenna: we re just taking a look at the horrific scenes out of middletown, california, where basically this entire committee was impacted by the valley fire. what about the human toll in all of this? it s really that s the part that s really now unfolding. one, the number of structures that were destroyed, you know? whole communities displaced. and really the state, the state s office of emergency services and others working to coordinate the recovery efforts and insuring that these communities are taken care of and that we support these counties as they recover.
firefighters are trying to battle to contain another wildfire. will carr is life in los angeles with the latest on that effort. hi, will? firefighters are trying to get containment on two major fires that have burned 1400 homes, they re now dealing with this latest fire that started today just south of san jose. it s already killed one person, burned ten homes and is threatening even more. also in northern california, the valley and the butte fires have scorched a handful of communities. the valley fire has burned more than 75,000 acre, destroyed hundreds of homes and kill three people, it s 53% contained and on saturday homeowners got the first chance to see some of the devastation. people that don t have nothing. looking at all of the devastation knowing that people died is real hi hard. can t believe it. you think you can, until you go by a place and you see it and