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    Dan Springer reports from Cle Elum, Washington

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And whenever other big stories today on Fox News alert -- massive wildfires out west dozens of fires burning in several states including California.

Idaho and Washington.

The wind and heat only fanning the flames as you can see in your screen there are now in central Washington.

One of the worst fires already destroying dozens of homes condition is still too dangerous for authorities to come up with an exact count.

And just how many of these houses are gone.

People who live there are simply bracing for the worst.

The Don Nelson show glass houses -- -- -- -- is still waiting and the wondering is that we're aspiring there was a lot of good times here we have a lot of good times it.

That was a nice place to -- Afghanistan -- live at a wild fire command center in Washington State.

Dan and -- not.

-- -- Washington nine -- which is about seventy filed by -- five miles east of Seattle and crews here hoping for a day similar to what they had yesterday.

When the winds died down there were able to get 25%.

Containment.

On this wildfire -- hoping for 50% containment.

By the end of today but temperatures are going to -- close to a hundred.

Degrees and the lightning that they're expecting for this week is a big concern to the hoping for.

Another day of cold winds and some more containment that it has already been a devastating wildfire with.

They estimate about seventy homes destroyed 500 homes have been evacuated.

22000.

Acres of ranch land enforced land have burned.

It nearly turned -- the very first night while when flames driven by thirty mile an hour winds jumped over the top of two fire engines.

I get this this -- traveled fourteen miles in the first two and a half hours driven by those wins a county -- calling it a fire of historic proportions.

-- -- perhaps thousands of animals have been killed mostly cattle that were fenced in.

Public this farming and ranching community has really come together.

More than 400 animals rescued so far and are being care for.

-- -- fairgrounds -- by it feels like the entire west is reporting right now 62.

Uncontained fires.

In the US most of them out west Nevada California Idaho each have at least ten major fires -- -- in Washington Montana.

Wyoming Arizona all have multiple fires.

It is forty been one of the worst fire seasons on record.

All those deadly fires in Colorado just started this season there have been 43000.

Wildfires across the country reported so far.

And has burned six point four million acres that is 101000 square miles to put that into some perspective.

An average wildfire season for the US has been about five million acres burned so we're -- -- over a million acres above that we still have.

Well over a month to -- before this fire season is over.

Reporting live in -- -- I'm Dan -- at fusion Dan thank you very much.

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