. >>> marco loducci of the governor's office of emergency services says this year's fires have been especiallyifficult to fight. >> i would say that the valley fire in lake county will be one of the top 20 most devastating fires we've seen in california and the fire season itself has probably been the most extreme that i've seen in my 30 years with regards to the number of fires that we've seen statewide, the way these fires are starting and reading in -- and ending up in basically a migration is a rapid and very erratic spread of fire and it's making it very, very difficult to fight and to get on and it's putting people and property in harm's way. >> and my colleague, scott schaefer spends part of the week in lake county as kqedsuki lewis. welcome to you both. suki, let me start with you. you were among the first allowed back into the fire zone. what did you see? >> it was as the sun was setting and we went through the blockade and there were still spot fires everywhere, and there was smoke rising from the bound and the big tree stumps from where the fire had burned to the ground and we were

. >>> marco loducci of the governor's office of emergency services says this year's fires have been especiallyifficult to figh