good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. you can see the flames from the football field. coach kevin macy shared these photos with us. >> the football players had weight training today so they weren't on the field, thankfully, they were in the gym. that's just up the hill from the high school. >> katy is there live. katy? >> reporter: kristen, the good news here, firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the fire. it is 50% contained. we are standing in the field next to camp wa linda high school. a live look above has the best vantage point. they've really been fighting this from the air. the water drops are what made a difference firefighters say. you can see there's white smoke now. you've got scorched land and dense brush and trees. the fire spread quickly throughout. i want to show you the video of the water dumps from the sky. the attack made all the difference. 20 to 30 homes were threatened,