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>>> THE RIVER AND RANCH FIRE,
KNOWN AT MENDOCINO COMPLEX FIRE
BECAME THE SECOND LARGEST
WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA HISTORY.
THE WIND MAY DETERMINE JUST HOW
MUCH WORSE THIS IS GOING TO GET,
MARK?
>> Reporter: SINCE OUR 5:00
BROADCAST, WE HAVE SEEN A FLURRY
OF AIR ATTACKS VEHICLES,
HELICOPTERS, AIR TANKERS, FLYING
HERE OVER CLEAR LAKE OAKS.
AND THIS IS WHY.
YOU CAN SEE THE DARK CLOUD,
DARKER THAN IT WAS AN HOUR AGO.
THAT IS JUST OVER THE RIDGE FROM
CLEAR LAKE OAKS.
THERE IS A CHANCE THE FIRE WILL
BREACH THAT RIDGE.
WE’RE WAITING TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
FIRE TRUCKS WERE IN PLACE AS WE
PULLED INTO CLEAR OAKS.
THIS ONE FROM MISSOULA, MONTANA.
IN THE TOWN OF LUCERNE THERE WAS
A REAL BATTLE.
THE CHARRED HILLSIDES ARE STILL
SMOLDERING.
A LONG-TIME HOMEOWNER DESCRIBED
WHAT HE SAW STANDING ON THE ROOF
OF HIS HOUSE WITH A GARDEN HOSE.
>> YOU COULD SEE THE FLAMES
COMING UP 300, 400, 500 FEET IN
THE AIR, AND YOU COULD HEAR THE
TREES POPPING.
>> Reporter: EAST OF LUCERNE, A
PLUME OF DARK SMOKE ROSE AROUND
1:00 THIS AFTERNOON.
EBERT TODD DECIDED TO IGNORE THE
EVACUATION ORDER.
>> I’M GOING TO HOLD TIGHT.
I’M NOT GOING TO ABANDON POST.
>> Reporter: HIS NEIGHBOR TOLD
US IT WAS WORSE YESTERDAY AND
THE DAY BEFORE.
>> I’M GOING TO START WETTING
TOUGH DOWN.
NICE TALKING TO YOU GUYS DOWN.
>> Reporter: SHERIFF’S DETECTIVE
RICHARD CRITESER HAS BEEN
CHECKING ON THOSE STAYING
BEHIND.
>> THERE’S NOT A WHOLE LOT LEFT
TO WORK WITH IN THE COMMUNITIES.
>> Reporter: CRITESER TELLS ME
LOOTING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
30 TO 35 ARRESTS OVER THE PAST
WEEK AND AN A MOST ARE PEOPLE
WHO DON’T BELONG HERE AND A FEW
CAUGHT WITH STOLEN PROPERTY AND
BURGLARY TOOLS.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT A LIVE PICTURE
OF A WATER-DROPPING HELICOPTER
FLYING OVER CLEAR LAKE
OBSERVATION.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE BAG
BENEATH THE HELICOPTER IS EMPTY.
THEY ARE APPARENTLY GOING TO