THERE WERE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF SPOT FIRES COMING OFF OF THIS. THAT WAS JUST KIND OF THAT PERFECT STORM FROM A SPARK TO DEVASTATION IN A MATTER OF HOURS. >> FIREFIGHTERS ARE GETTING THE UPPER HAND ON A FAST MOVING WILDFIRE THAT STARTED IN A TERRIBLE SPOT. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M DION LIMB. SOME EVACUATIONS ARE LIFTED TONIGHT AFTER THE BOYLES FIRES. EXPLOSIVE FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH THE CITY OF CLEARLAKE IN LAKE COUNTY. THAT FIRE STARTED AT ABOUT 215 TODAY, BURNING IN THE SOUTHERN END OF TOWN. AND BY 4:00, FIREFIGHTERS SAID 30 BUILDINGS WERE BURNED. CREWS FACED SPOT FIRES ON NEARLY EVERY BLOCK AS THEY HELP NEIGHBORS RACE TO EVACUATE. >> EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, THERE IS A NEW SPOT FIRE AND THERE'S NOT A STRAIGHT LINE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, SO IT WAS A CHALLENGE JUST TO GET THOSE PEOPLE EVACUATED AND TRY TO DO THE FIRE STOP. ONCE YOU GET A CHANCE TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRUCTURE SAVED. >> TONIGHT, THAT FIRE IS NO LONGER SPREADING FAST, BUT THOSE BUILDINGS ARE STILL SMOLDERING AS FIRE CREWS WORK TO FIGURE OUT JUST HOW MANY OF THEM ARE HOMES. ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER TARA CAMPBELL IS IN CLEAR LAKE, WITH DETAILS ON THE DAMAGE AND THE FAMILIES WHO LOST EVERYTHING. REPORTER. >> YEAH, DION. THE TOWN OF CLEAR LAKE CLEARLY SHAKEN UP THIS EVENING. THE BOYLES FIRE BREAKING OUT THIS AFTERNOON, FORCING THE EVACUATION OF MORE THAN 4000 RESIDENTS. THE FIRE SCORCHING ROUGHLY 90 ACRES. CREWS ATTACKING THE FLAMES BY GROUND AND AIR BURNING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES. A HOSPITAL AND SHOPPING CENTER. DOZENS OF VEHICLES LOST AND SOME LOSING HOMES, OTHERS WITH CLOSE CALLS. >> THE FIRE IS COMING TO VERY CLOSE AT 100FT, TWO FEET. AND THEN I SAY, I THINK IT'S TIME TO GO, NOT NEED TO WAIT BECAUSE THE FIRES STARTED ALL THE WAY TO THERE. WHEN I SAW IT TO HERE, I THINK IT'S VERY CLOSE. >> WAS YOUR HOME DESTROYED? >> I HOPE YEAH, EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED. WE SAW THE BIG SMOKE AND EXPLOSION, YOU KNOW, LIKE UH- THE HOUSES THAT ARE BURNING. AND THEN, WE STARTED SCARED. SO WE STARTED TO GET WHATEVER WE GET, LIKE PAPERS, WHATEVER WE NEED A VERY IMPORTANT THINGS. AND THEN WE PULLED THE CARS OUT AND GET READY TO GO IN CASE WE HAD TO. >> NOW WE'RE TOLD CREWS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, BUT THE PUSH TO GET THIS FIRE UNDER CONTROL CONTINUES. AND WE CAN ALSO REPORT SO FAR THERE ARE NO KNOWN INJURIES TO FIRE CREWS OR RESIDENTS. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE