the ground and from the air. reporter: by nightfall with over 800 acres burned, it is still hard to tell who is winning this firefight, man or mother nature. the fire started right here with, you know, a lot of fuel, a lot of potential for rapid spread because of slope. reporter: monday afternoon mount diablo erupted in flames looking more like a volcano with a huge plume of smoke in the air and 50 to 75 homes on the ground in the fire s path starting on sunday afternoon those residents told to lock unand leave immediately. especially on morgan territory road they have a long way to go for fire protection and they have a lot of animals in here, you can see there s a lot of fuel for the fires. so, yeah, it s a big concern. reporter: on the attack, 250 firefighters, dozens of fire trucks, a handful of aircraft, even a couple of bulldozers to do the heavy lifting. temperatures were very high and the fuel and topography on the back side of mount diablo is fairly extre
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