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  • OFFICIALS SAY INMATES SCHEDULED

  • FOR WEEKEND RELEASE

  • ARE NORMALLY LET OUT ON FRIDAY.

  • A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN

  • CALIFORNIA AS FLAMES

  • FIRES JUMP A FREEWAY, BURN

  • HOMES AND LEAD TO ROAD

  • CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS ACROSS

  • THE STATE.

  • CHRIS MARTINEZ IS IN SOUTHERN

  • CALIFORNIA.

  • Reporter: CREWS HOSED DOWN

  • HOMES NORTH OF

  • LOS ANGELES THAT WERE STARTED

  • BY FLYING EMBERS.

  • FIREFIGHTERS ARE DOING THEIR

  • BEST TO PROTECT

  • NEIGHBORHOODS BUT MANY HOMES

  • HAVE GONE UP IN FLAMES.

  • SIX STRUCTURES LOST.

  • WE KNOW THAT NUMBER WILL RISE.

  • Reporter: OVERNIGHT THE FIRE

  • IN AND AROUND

  • SANTA CLARITA EXPLODED,

  • FLAMES CHEWING THROUGH DRY

  • VEGETATION.

  • WE SAW FLAMES START

  • MARCHING DOWN THE HILLSIDE.

  • Reporter: UTILITIES HAVE CUT

  • POWER TRYING TO

  • KEEP DOWNED POWER LINES

  • STARTING MORE FIRES.

  • FANNING THE FLAMES AND CARRYING

  • THE EMBERS ARE THE

  • WIND WAS GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES

  • AN HOUR.

  • WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP

  • AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AND

  • SHIFT DIRECTION.

  • START GETTING OUR NORMAL

  • WESTERLY WINDS WHICH IS

  • SOMEWHAT CONCERNING.

  • WE HAVE OUR BULLDOZERS.

  • Reporter: IN NORTHERN

  • CALIFORNIA'S WINE COUNTRY

  • NEARLY HALF A MILLION PEOPLE

  • WERE LEFT IN THE DARK

  • THURSDAY AS CREWS BATTLED A

  • MASSIVE FIRE THERE.

  • YOU COULD ACTUALLY HEAR THE

  • WIND COMING DOWN THE

  • CANYON AT MY NEIGHBORS FROM

  • HERE.

  • IT SOUNDED LIKE A ROCKET.

  • Reporter: PG&E HAS ADMITTED

  • IT'S ELECTRICAL

  • EQUIPMENT MAY HAVE STARTED THE

  • BLAZE THAT DESTROYED

  • DOZENS OF HOMES AND OTHER

  • STRUCTURES.

  • CHRIS MARTINEZ.

  • CBS NEWS.

  • AND THOSE STRONG WINDS ARE

  • BLOWING RIGHT NOW.

OFFICIALS SAY INMATES SCHEDULED

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