>> all the roads are burned. >> reporter: california's nascar air lifting more than 250 people to safety. dozens of injured are recovering. the creek fire burning more than 46,000 acres so far. >> the sheriff came and told us that we didn't have to evacuate but he was advising we do because he didn't know whether the fire would zwrump road and we couldn't get out. >> reporter: the fire ripping through 4,000 acres, already burning ten homes and threatening more. >> we all have houses built after 2005. there's so much fuel at the base of that hill, i don't know if it will weather the storm or not. >> reporter: and the el dorado fire scorching more than 3,000 acres, now burning in rugged terrain. california's wildfires are record breaking and relentless. so far this year alone the state has seen almost 2 million acres burned, a key driver, climate change, causing more frequent