reporter: good evening, adriana. since january, more than 800,000 acres have burned across the nation in wildfires. and right now, currently, there s more than 2,000 fire officials fighting flames. wildfires are raging across parts of the southwest, scorching more than 100,000 acres, destroying dozens of homes, and forcing hundreds to evacuate. uncontrolled flames, spurred on by a mega-drought and ferocious winds further spreading the fires. the fire was so hot, it broke all the windows on the back of our house. reporter: sporadic snow and rain had little effect dousing the tunnel fire near flagstaff, arizona, now in its sixth day, with only 3% containment. another two fires merged outside santa fe, new mexico, with at least four additional fires burning in that state. the same weather system that triggered red flag warnings in the southwest is creating blizzard conditions in the upper rockies and plains, and parts of the central u.s. could get hit
Unfolding across several states tonight, the critical fire danger in the coming hours. at least 13 wildfires across four states at this hour. the tunnel fire near flagstaff, arizona, tripling in size in just 24 hours.toght, hundred he alrey been a abc s kaylee hartung from arizona again tonig, no flagstaff, the tunnel fire still burning out of control and forcing hundreds of families and their animals to flee. 153 animals in our care. when you are, you know,, you get of everything from your household pelts to livestock. reporter: michelle ryan runs the coconino humane association s shelter. she says she only got seven minutes notice to evacuate. this all happened so fast. i just kept telling my daughter, it s okay. as long as we got pets, people and the important photos, the rest of it can be replaced. it doesn t matter. reporter: the scope of the devastation, larger than manhattan. dozens of homes destroyed, including the air national guard