That we are human beings. We live in homes. We had homes somewhere. And that we came not we are not happy to be refugees of war. We are obliged to be refugees of war. It is not a matter of choice. We didnt make this choice. Hungary said they will start processing asylum requests but warns many of the new arrivals may be deported and those caught evading border patrols will be arrested. Tonight germany and austria are also restoring their own border controls. The news had spread down the line among refugees of hupgs threat to close the borders. Richard engel at the Border Crossing just over a mile away from here has more on the race to get to this side in time. Told from the serbian side. Richard . Reporter good evening, lester. Europe is certainly trying to do more to control the borders. This is the serbian side of the hungary Border Crossing. It is exactly 1. 3 miles from where im standing to where you are. And it was this critical distance, this last mile that thousands today rushed to cross. With a deadline looming, refugees streamed toward hungary today. At 6 00 p. M. , just hours before the border was scheduled to close, they began to run. But they were too late. Hungarian police had blocked the border. They tell muhammed to try another gate so he and his wife, eight months pregnant with twins, their fiveyearold, begin to walk. Muhammed, a syrian, tells me, if they are sent back, they have nowhere to go. Their house inial eppo was bombed. Climbing under a fence, the family is confronted by another shock. The Second Crossing is blocked too. You cannot imagine what i feel. I dont know. Now, i have no feeling at all. Im surprised. Im shocked. Reporter many fear their dream of reaching wealthy europe is over. Suddenly cheers erupt. An opening. People have a hope. Nothing else. They hope now they will open the gates for them. That is why everybody hopes they were not able to do nothing. They are not giving a lot of information. They are not giving any information. Reporter the police were allowing people in. Just a few at a time. Muhammed crams into line. Pregnant safa is pressed up against a fence. Temporarily separated, the family eventually makes it through. Where they will end up though, is far from certain. The river of refugees runs north from syria through turkey, greece, hungary, all the way to germany and sweden. Today hungary put up a partial dam. So did several other countries. Tonight this narrow fencedin path leads to europe and they are lining up to squeeze through because no one knows when the gate will close again. Richard, things are moving so quickly here. What happens now . Reporter well, there was just an announcement that this border is now closed. We expect it to le open once again tomorrow. But really, just a trickle of people are moving through here. That entire wave of migration that weve been following for the last several weeks has been reduced to one entryway in this fence, three shoulderwidths wide. So it is much reduced flow of people and expect it will be very large crowds here tomorrow. Lester. Richard engel tonight. Thank you. And for refugees trying to get to europe, the long trek is terrorfying, and even deadly. It was that image of a drowned syrian board that galvanized the worlds attention. So why are thousands of men, women and children taking the risk. The answer to that question can be found in one familys story and were going to warn you here, it is very difficult to watch. Here is nbcs keir simmons. This is acmed and his two sons. The boy was killed with his mother and sister last month. What happened to the youngest, will be too some too painful to watch. The war in syria has driven 11 Million People from their homes. This is why. His family lived outside of damascus in duma, a town held by rebels. And bombed almost daily by president assads forces. Acmed looks for what is left amid the rubble of his house. At the hospital last month, he said he found horror. His only surviving son, 2yearold yousef, terribly burned and clinging to life. A kiss from dad. The pain is agonizing. He has to help, to help his muscles recover. Now two weeks later he is improving. Hope for a little boy who has been through hell. Doctors say he will survive, but with no home. No mother, why do families risk everything to flee syria . Because it is an even bigger risk to stay. Keir simmons, nbc news, london. We know a lot of you seeing these images are wondering how can i help. We have a list of Resources Available on our website, nbc news. Com. Lets turn now to the other major story developing back home. The state of emergency in Northern California as a wildfire explodes to twice the size of san francisco. Middletown is wiped off the map. This is the most destructive out of 12 large fires across the state as 11,000 firefighters battle the flames. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in the hardhit community where residents face catastrophic conditions. Miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. This is the epicenter of the 61,000 acre fire. We are told when it moves through here it was going 1520 miles per hour. This used to be an apartment complex and now all that is left is ash and rubble. To get the true scope, you must look at it from multiple angles. This is one city block but so much of the Community Looks just like this. Firefighters are here tonight working around the clock to look for hot spots and more casualties. This blaze is only 5 contained. Veteran firefighters describe the socalled valley fire as hell on earth. Apocalyptic. It moved at speeds few had ever seen before. The most destruct wildfire this year. Also the most explosive. 400 homes and hundreds of other tomorrows in middletown, california, obliterated by a wall of names. Most only had minutes to evacuate. Fire ever where. This was the scramble to get out. The heartpounding race to stay alive. As far as im concerned, as long as the people get out and the animals get out, Everything Else is just junk. Reporter a 72yearold woman died in the flames. Four firefighters suffered seconddegree burns. Winds whipped this inferno in every direction. When that fire started and began blowing embers in front of it, every ember that was blowing a quarter to a half a mile in front of the fire ignited a new fire and it became a selfpropelling animal. Reporter middletown burned all night. By day break, half of the city was ashes. Nearly 20,000 forced to evacuate. This family lost nearly everything. A whole lifetime of of memories, pictures. Reporter tonight california is a blowtorch. 12 large wildfires feeding on the drought. More than half a million acres scorched. But the devastation is measured one home at a time. Duane harper lost his house but found his cat. Shes scared but shes okay. This is a big win. Reporter for one family, a glimmer of hope, in a landscape of so much loss. Miguel almaguer, middletown, california. This is joe fryer at the Evacuation Center where a tightknit neighborhood is found safely in the corner of the county fair grounds. When the fire was coming you said the first thing you wanted was the trunk. The possessions are now stored in the back of a pickup truck. My son the firefighter, when he was little. Reporter she, like so many, rush to outrun a hurricane of fire with flames traveling faster than the speed limits. I was terrified. The people that are here weve known for years and they have all lost their homes. And it was a Small Community and tight knit. Her son a firefighter was battling another inferno but raced back home but it was too late. I was able to see my house and it is a total loss. I cant even describe it. It was awful. Everything you worked for your whole life. The place you raised your children, it was their home for their whole life. It was just gone. Just like that. Reporter while robert lost his house, he still has a job. So hell return to the front lines hoping to put out the fire that took out his childhood home. The things that i may have been able to save, just anything small, i would be so grateful. So if i could do that for somebody else, i will. Reporter joe fryer, nbc news, calistoga, california. A manhunt is on tonight after a professor was shot dead on the campus of Delta State University in mississippi. The suspect is another instructor who may be connected with a death found in her home 300 miles away. The campus is on lockdown but police dont believe the shooter is still there. There is more ahead as we continue. 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The shelling inial eppo and syria and the tyranny in iraq and ethnic persecution in except now all of it has landed as one on europes doorstep. And now instead of seeing it through the eyes of politicians and generals and fighters, were seeing it through the eyes of weary children facing new lives in a new land. Their parents who have made a choice most of us couldnt possibly fathom, to risk unimaginable danger to save the lives of those though hold closest. We come from different cultures and speak different languages. But when you look into the eyes of the refugees who have crossed here, you understand that there is no difference in determination to do what we have to do for the sake of our children. Im lester holt reporting tonight from hungary. For all of us at nbc news, t