. >> martin lawler lived with his motherhc@z. [ loss of audio ]. >> all right. we're going to get back to that report on the situation in fairfield but while we get that done, let's look at the situation with the sierra fire burning outside of yosemite national park. the rim fire burned 190 acres now. crews built a new fire line in hopes of slowing the spread of the fire. 4500 structures are still threatened more than 100 have been lost. today california national guard launched an unmanned drone to survey the terrain. >> yes. the weather has been cooperating more in that area. >> conditions are improving. they don't seem to be an impediment in the efforts. we've got low clouds at the coast, sunny skies and warm condition as cross the area, here is a live view from our camera looking out over san francisco. you can see low clouds beginning to drift in. 74 in oakland. 81 redwood city. 64 half moon bay. another live view towards ocean beach you can see a marine layer there gathering at the coastline. 89 in fairfield. 87 in livermore, and we'll take a look at the ba

. >> reporter: this is martin lawler's home.tching it burn live and in fact he is still standing across the street. but let me just show you here, that home is on fire. the one next to it to my left is on fire. but right now, this address, 2879 marigold, you have to watch out, there's a lot of equipment on the ground here, that right now is safe and you can see this line of firefighters that's trying to keep these homes that have not been hit yet, keep them safe. and right now, the wind is -- looks to be from my perspective blowing to the east. and that probably is what caused this fire to jump from rooftop to rooftop. the embers, as we all know, can spark a fire very quickly. from this rooftop to one next door there's a vacant lot and beyond that you can see fire trucks all down marigold. as we were driving in, they were asking for more and more and more

. >> reporter: martin lawler says he doesn't want to point fingers, but he lost everything.watched his home burned to the ground. >> there was a truss that pulled up next to my house. i thought, great, they're going to put out the fire in my house, and then they drove off. >> reporter: the incident commander tells me it came down to making a quick tough decision. >> we've got to put five on that house, or five spread out to save five other houses, and that house is already burning, we may not make a difference in saving that house. >> reporter: the first report came in at 3:38. when he was in route, he saw fire coming from a residential area. so he sent the crew there. when that one engine arrived, ten homes were already burning. >> throbbinged like a war zone in how fast it was -- it looked like a war zone, in how fast it was spreading. >> reporter: as the city manager and others toured the area this afternoon, we asked about neighbor's claims that the city is partially to blame for not maintaining the dry vegetation. >> i've heard that, and we're investigating that. >> rep

. >> reporter: martin lawler says he doesn't want to point fingers, but he lost everything.tched his home burned to the ground. >> there was a truss that pulled up next to my house. i thought, great, they're going to put out the fire in my house, and then they drove off. >> reporter: the incident commander tells me it came down to making a quick tough decision. >> we've got to put five on that house, or five spread out to save five other houses, and that house is already burning, we may not make a difference in saving that house. >> reporter: the first report came in at 3:38. when he was in route, he saw fire coming from a residential area. so he sent the crew there. when that one engine arrived, ten homes were already burning. >> throbbinged like a war zone in how fast it was -- it looked like a war zone, in how fast it was spreading. >> reporter: as the city manager and others toured the area this afternoon, we asked about neighbor's claims that the city is partially to blame for not maintaining the dry vegetation. >> i've heard that, and we're investigating that. >> repor

. >> reporter: this is martin lawler's home. he was watching it burn live and in fact he is still standing across the street. but let me just show you here, that home is on fire. the one next to it to my left is on fire. but right now, this address, 2879 marigold, you have to watch out, there's a lot of equipment on the ground here, that right now is safe and you can see this line of firefighters that's trying to keep these homes that have not been hit yet, keep them safe. and right now, the wind is -- looks to be from my perspective blowing to the east. and that probably is what caused this fire to jump from rooftop to rooftop. the embers, as we all know, can spark a fire very quickly. from this rooftop to one next door there's a vacant lot and beyond that you can see fire trucks all down marigold. as we were driving in, they were asking for more and more and more help for folks that know about these types of things. this thing reached 7 alarms. they have a lot of resources working to try to keep the rest of these homes from go