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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