well, john henson is there. well, this is the center of greenville, and most of this town has been wiped out. this happened about 24 hours ago about this time on wednesday when the winds kicked, jump to over 60 kilometers per hour. that just allowed the fire that was already enormous about the size of new york city to explode. and when it did it over ran this town, you can see the skies have cleared now, but that is because the fire is consumed much of the fuel that was here, all this dry timber. and of course the town itself and just move you on in greece. that are more than $100.00 far as burning with a temperatures at $45.00 degrees. 3 significant places burning on the greek island of evian, and one on the outskirts of athens has witnesses. the u. s. is offering a temporary, safe haven to thousands of hong kong citizens currently in america, in response to china's cracked zone on human rights. it will allow their visas to be extended by up to 18 months. president joe biden says china has continued its assault

john henson has more the dixie fire has grown tremendously. it's now the largest wildfire in the united states, and it's gotten there fast on wednesday with the 8th largest wildfire in california . history on thursday, it was the 6 and by friday it was the 3rd and it's only about 35 percent contain. so after it burns up trees like this, it just moves on firefighters say it covers an area of a $175000.00 hector's. it's about 14 times the size of the city of san francisco. and they tried to save property. that house behind me had the deck burned off, but firefighters managed to keep the fire away from the structure itself. but they say their top priority is preserving human life. we will switch to helping law enforcement evacuate in rescue some of those people. if that fire gets to that point, so we may be able to save your life, but that may be at the cost, saving your home. the air quality has changed dramatically. it's gone from an identifiable plume above the fire to a kind of hazy london fog. that's because the smoke has descended to the gr