An especially active fire season is exacting a huge toll across several Western states.

A series of fires have turned deadly in Colorado where at least one person was found dead.

In California, more than 5,800 personnel, 500 fire trucks

and 40 helicopters are battling a fire that's larger than all of Los Angeles. The Park Fire, as it's known, is the country's largest and has balloon

to historic proportions in just over a week. Stephanie Sigh has the latest.

This is the view for firefighters on the front lines of California's Park Fire. The blaze, believed to be started by a local man's burning car is now the fifth largest in

state history. I have not personally seen a fire grow so fast in such a short

amount of time. In just a week nearly 400,000 acres burned across four counties, forcing

thousands of evacuations and destroying hundreds of structures. In rural

co-hasset, California, Dave Tehahn and his son Jonathan are both members of the county fire department.

While they battle to protect their town, their own homes were lost to the flames.

I feel luckier than some of the people here because we do have a few things, not very much, but a few things to hold in our hands that survived the friends from that I've

known for so many years have just stepped up and shown so much support.

You know I feel rich in that.

Christie and Michael Danue also live in Cohasset.

They lost their house to another fast-moving fire

six years ago in Paradise, California.

Now, this is all that remains of the home where they rebuilt their lives.

They had no fire insurance.

The most important things I grabbed was me and my brother and sister have

my mom's ashes along with my dad. and so I was able to grab a few little

pictures and her ashes. The park fires explosive expansion is nearly

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