norah. >> norah: headed this way, tara molina, thank you so much. to the california wildfires were thousands of people are under evacuation advisories with nearly a dozen fires burning across the state. cbs's carter evans is outside los angeles with more than 15,000 acres have burned over the last few days. >> reporter: tonight, thousands of firefighters are battling powerful winds. as flames erupted in southern and northern california. hundreds of residents were evacuated and sonoma county, several homes destroyed and vineyards threatened in the heart of wine country. this fire 60 miles north of los angeles is the largest so far this year, and briefly shut down one of california's busiest highways, interstate 5. the ground is so dry and the wind so strong, it's now exploded to nearly 16,000 acres, destroying an auto repair shop and torching all these cars in just 10 minutes. as the wind picks up again, and a firefight from the error, water drops, retardant, as hotshots battle on the ground to keep the flames from going back to life. all this happen