BACK TO YOU.

JUAN: BREAKING NEWS TOOK A

DEADLY WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN

CALIFORNIA IS BEARING DOWN ON

THE TOWN OF REDDING.

SHARON: KARA FINNSTROM JOINS US

WITH THE LATEST.

REPORTER: FIREFIGHTERS SAY THIS

FIRE HAS BEEN TAKING DOWN

EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH AND THERE

HAS BEEN CHAOS AS FOLKS HAVE A

FLED FROM.

EVERYONE IS LIKE

PANICKING AND WENT CRAZY

AND EVERYONE IS LEAVING.

WE WILL LEAVE THE

STATION BECAUSE IT'S NOW

UNSAFE TO BE HERE.

REPORTER: THAT IS A TV STATION

THAT HAD TO EVACUATE.

MANY WERE STUCK IN

FRIGHTENING TRAFFIC JAMS

WITH FLAMES LOOMING IN

THE DISTANCE AND

THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS

HAVE FLED AS A FIRE HAS

BURNED ACROSS MORE THAN

20000 ACRES.

LAST NIGHT A BULLDOZER

OPERATOR FIGHTING TO

CONTAIN IT WAS OVERCOME

AND KILLED.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY AN

UNKNOWN NUMBER OF

FIREFIGHTERS AND

RESIDENTS HAVE SUFFERED

BURNS AND INJURIES WITH

THE FIRE IN THE WEST

SIDE OF REDDING.

CAL FIRE SPOKESPERSON

TALKED ABOUT THE EXTREME

HEAT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE

WEATHER PICKED UP AS FAR

AS WIND.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A FEW

FIRE TORNADOES WITHIN

THIS AREA THAT MOVED THE

VEHICLES AROUND AND

BROKE WINDOWS OUT OF THE

VEHICLES.

THAT TELLS YOU THE

FEROCITY AND

AGGRESSIVENESS ON THE

FIRE.

REPORTER: THE FIRE JUMPED THE

SACRAMENTO RIVER TO REACH

REDDING, WHICH IS A VERY