Know. my niece and my nephew are both firefighters, carrying on the tradition, even after what happened to me, i m very proud of them and what they ve chosen to do with their lives. neil: looking back at it now, god forbid if something like this ever happened again, there was talk about the communications, firefighters couldn t talk about each other and various departments couldn t talk with each other and i think that s been addressed and corrected, but it s easy to play monday morning quarterback after a disaster like this. but are we technically up, are you guys technically up and trying to do the unthinkable? i think it s better, it s almost an unsolvable problem because we all need to be on the same radio if something happens we can help each other, so it s a very difficult problem to address successfully. neil: when you look back at that day, you talk about the
Know. my niece and my nephew are both firefighters, carrying on the tradition, even after what happened to me, i m very proud of them and what they ve chosen to do with their lives. neil: looking back at it now, god forbid if something like this ever happened again, there was talk about the communications, firefighters couldn t talk about each other and various departments couldn t talk with each other and i think that s been addressed and corrected, but it s easy to play monday morning quarterback after a disaster like this. but are we technically up, are you guys technically up and trying to do the unthinkable? i think it s better, it s almost an unsolvable problem because we all need to be on the same radio if something happens we can help each other, so it s a very difficult problem to address successfully. neil: when you look back at that day, you talk about the
Of people are under evacuation orders as 50 mile-per-hour winds fans those flames. if jonathan hunt is in los angeles tonight with the latest. those evacuation orders cover some 43,000 residents here in what is known as canyon country. about 40 miles north of los angeles, thousands of homes are still threatened, at least a dozen have been lost to the flames already. this is one of those. firefighters couldn t save it despite their best efforts and the dangers of windblown emperors ignited new fires is still very real in this and many other neighborhoods. officials are begging residents to stay away until they are given the all clear. there is also fear of fires in northern california, where the town of geiser villa was so badly hit by the kincaid to fire. 49 homes and other buildings
Rosa would have a fire like this and we would lose everything. reporter: fires in anaheim have lit up the skies over walt disney land. hurricane force winds push the flames so fast firefighters couldn t keep up. on the eastern flank last night we tried to go direct in a couple of different places and we got out run by the fire. reporter: fire chief tom welsh s own home in santa rosa burned. the fires are still out there and still actively growing. reporter: and the firefighters are exhausted. resources continue to be limited. we have folks on the fireline starting their third shift right now that have not been relieved because there s folks not available to come in with so many fires in the area. reporter: authorities have begun identifying the victims. they include an elderly couple, the husband 100 years old, the wife 98 years old, charles and sarah rippy of napa, california.
reporter: hospital in the area evacuated, flames turning several subdivisions into piles of debris. all of your life savings and work over the years is gone. reporter: more than 115,000 acres have burned. much of it in napa and sonoma counties. seeing what they could salvage. even their safe couldn t survive the heat. since we lived here for ten years, i never thought santa rosa would have a fire like this and we would lose everything. reporter: fires in anaheim have lit up the skies over walt disney land. hurricane force winds push the flames so fast firefighters couldn t keep up. on the eastern flank last night we tried to go direct in a couple of different places and we got out run by the fire. reporter: fire chief tom welsh s own home in santa rosa burned. the fires are still out there