HOWELL: In the U.S. state of California, residents there are in the middle of a very dangerous and out of control wildfire season. At least 15 fires are burning up and down that state but some progress to report for you. Firefighters are gaining ground after days of battling the Holy Fire near Los Angeles. In just one day, its containment has jumped to 36 percent. Some of the 21,000 residents forced to leave their homes, well, they can now return. This was just the scene a few days ago. Look at that. You see flames coming dangerously close to homes while a man tries to hold them off with a garden hose, doing his best there.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. OK. Oh, God, please, lord.</s>ALLEN (voice-over): Oh, my goodness, how terrifying. And the firefighters just standing there, doing their thing. That homeowner watching in fear as you can hear as flames inch so close to her home. More than 1,000 firefighters are working this one. In many cases, they're using planes and helicopters to drop fire retardant as a last line of defense. The Holy Fire has consumed more than 22,000 acres or nearly 9,000 hectares. And that isn't even California's largest wildfire. Smoke from all 15 of California's fires has stretched now across the United States all the way to New York City.</s>HOWELL: That's amazing. Weather, of course, plays a big deal in all of this.</s>HOWELL: Speaking of that rocket, take a look at this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Three, two, one, zero, liftoff of the mighty Delta IV heavy rocket with NASA's --</s>HOWELL (voice-over): NASA making history once again, launching its first unmanned spacecraft to the sun. We'll have details ahead. Stay with us.
California Firefighters Make Progress Containing Holy Fire