Nightly News   |  August 20, 2012

Fire-ravaged county in Calif. declares state of emergency

The Ponderosa fire, which has moved through 23-square-miles of heavily wooded land near Redding, forces thousands of people to evacuate from their homes. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> we have an update tonight on the wildfires in the west. a new fire in northern california started by a lightning strike over the weekend brought a state of emergency declaration in shasta county today. several homes and buildings have been burned as this fire has moved through 23 square miles of heavily wooded land near redding about 170 miles south of sacrame sacramento.