you can see the flames a moment ago and you see how close it is to the city of azuza. a city of about about 46,000 people. this is burning off san gabriel canyon road. firefighters throwing everything they have at. last time we heard they had seven engines, three choppers and four crews on the scene. again, trying to stop it, you can see how close it is from the homes down there in the city of azuza tor outskirts. we'll keep you posted as the morning goes on. >> we've seen it grow already. with the dry, dry conditions out there, time to check the forecast. in fact, let's move closer to home a live look at marin county. actually tapping into its reserve water supply as temperatures continue to soar. we've got the threat after drought and we need the rain. we're not going to see it soon? >> no. at least not through the end of the month. as far as significant precipitation. even our chance s aren't going o range beyond 30%. but we're going to see temperatures in the 70s for a point of reference down in southern california, that's just off of the 210 down there. so, yeah,

. >> reporter: well, suzanne, i'm in azuza, california, very near the community of glendora, about 25ast of los angeles. you can see the flames behind me. we're at the very end of a cul-de-sac, a residential neighborhood at the top of a hill. those flames you can see only about 150 yards or so away from homes. this residential area has now been all but completely evacuated. just a few homeowners gathering their possessions and getting out of here. the police came up and down the street a couple times telling everyone to get out. you can see the concern, all this dry brush between these flames and where our position is. we've seen planes, fixed wing aircraft, helicopters dropping water, fire retardant on these flames. fire officials really making an aggressive effort to go after this fire, which is only officially about 125, maybe 150 acres so far. but the big concern as you mentioned dry conditions and hot weather. california has been in a drought now, it's entering its third year. we've got santa ana winds, very dry seasonal hot winds forecasted for today. so they want to get this fi

live along the fire line in azuza, california. up against dry conditions. how's it going?orter: certainly. if you're here on the ground, don, you see the impact and the power of a drought. i want you to look at what fire can do. this was a mansion, an historic mansion two stories tall. it was broken up into several different apartments and this is all that's left. you can see a tub, an oven. you can see it still smoldering. firefighters have not only intensifier to deal with and flames, but now they have to deal with drought conditions. what we have here in california are conditions where they're dryer than they have been in 100 years. you put low humidity there and then you add the heat and, don, that's why the governor is declaring this state in a state of emergency. don. >> i want our viewers to see this. i want to take a look at two pictures of the sierra mountains. the one on the left is last year and the one on the right is from this week. you can see how much more green and how much more snow there is on the left-hand side picture and you're on the ground. do you se