HEADLINE: Erratic winds hinder, help Calif. firefighters

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CAPTION: Ferocious desert winds pushed one of three major wildfires burning across Southern California to nearly double its size overnight, firefighters said Tuesday. (Oct. 14)

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[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]

NB. THIS IS A VOICEOVER TRANSCRIPT, NOT A FULL SHOT LIST.

THE FIRE'S OMINOUS CRACKLE COULD BE HEARD...EVEN WHEN THE FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM AFAR...

IT MEANT THE SESNON FIRE WAS CREEPING DOWN THIS HILLSIDE...AND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES IN THE LOS ANGELES SUBURB OF GRANADA HILLS--

SOT:[[SUPER: Nita Mahajan//Lives Near Fire]

" "it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. i am here by myself taking care of this house and this fire is out of control and unbelievable. it's been going on for the last 24 hours and just when you think it's done it starts up all over again."

NITA MAHAJAN IS HOUSE SITTING FOR HER PARENTS WHILE THEY'RE AWAY. SHE COULD ONLY LOOK ON AT THE TERRIBLE BRILLIANCE BURNING NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS AWAY.

SOT: [[SUPER: Nita Mahajan//Lives Near Fire]]

HOMEOWNERS WATCHED AND WAITED FOR THE WORST.

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Lori Becker//Lives Near Fire]]

" fires bother me. floods don't bother me. earthquakes don't bother me. but the fire really scares me. it really scares me."

[NATS UP FULL -MAN HOSING DOWN HOME...VO]]

SOME TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS ...HOSING DOWN THEIR FRONT YARDS.

[[nats--hosing..dissovles to more fire]]

THE SESNON FIRE ROUGHLY DOUBLED IN SIZE TO MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND ACRES. IT'S ONE OF NUMBER OF WILDFIRES CHARRING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...FUELED BY THE AREA'S SEASONAL SANTA ANA WINDS. SO FAR TWO HAVE DIED...DOZENS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR BURNED.

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Wayne Shook//Lives near fire]]

"we've got a pool pump with about 250 feet of fire hose on it. we're prepared. it's part of the package of living here."

[[STAND UP]]

[[SUPER: John Mone//The Associated Press]]

" take a look..this is the danger of the Santa Ana winds...they'll send embers flying through the air. the danger is that could touch a fire in any of the homes behind me."

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Zelda Zungia//California Dept. of Forestry]]

"we're just here to protect the structures from the fire. it's all dictated by the wind..what it does it's pretty erratic"it's unpredictable. it's the santa ana's it's driven by winds...it's the santa ana's it's their nature...wherever they go they take the fire with it. "

THE WINDS PRIME VEGETATION IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO BURN BECAUSE THEY WICK AWAY THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR. THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND HOMEOWNERS CAN ONLY HOPE THE BLUSTERING GUSTS GO AWAY...AND GIVE THEM A BREAK. JOHN MONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES.

HEADLINE: Erratic winds hinder, help Calif. firefighters

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CAPTION: Ferocious desert winds pushed one of three major wildfires burning across Southern California to nearly double its size overnight, firefighters said Tuesday. (Oct. 14)

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[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE]

NB. THIS IS A VOICEOVER TRANSCRIPT, NOT A FULL SHOT LIST.

THE FIRE'S OMINOUS CRACKLE COULD BE HEARD...EVEN WHEN THE FLAMES WERE SEEN FROM AFAR...

IT MEANT THE SESNON FIRE WAS CREEPING DOWN THIS HILLSIDE...AND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES IN THE LOS ANGELES SUBURB OF GRANADA HILLS--

SOT:[[SUPER: Nita Mahajan//Lives Near Fire]

" "it's unbelievable. it's unbelievable. i am here by myself taking care of this house and this fire is out of control and unbelievable. it's been going on for the last 24 hours and just when you think it's done it starts up all over again."

NITA MAHAJAN IS HOUSE SITTING FOR HER PARENTS WHILE THEY'RE AWAY. SHE COULD ONLY LOOK ON AT THE TERRIBLE BRILLIANCE BURNING NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS AWAY.

SOT: [[SUPER: Nita Mahajan//Lives Near Fire]]

HOMEOWNERS WATCHED AND WAITED FOR THE WORST.

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Lori Becker//Lives Near Fire]]

" fires bother me. floods don't bother me. earthquakes don't bother me. but the fire really scares me. it really scares me."

[NATS UP FULL -MAN HOSING DOWN HOME...VO]]

SOME TOOK MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS ...HOSING DOWN THEIR FRONT YARDS.

[[nats--hosing..dissovles to more fire]]

THE SESNON FIRE ROUGHLY DOUBLED IN SIZE TO MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND ACRES. IT'S ONE OF NUMBER OF WILDFIRES CHARRING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...FUELED BY THE AREA'S SEASONAL SANTA ANA WINDS. SO FAR TWO HAVE DIED...DOZENS OF HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR BURNED.

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Wayne Shook//Lives near fire]]

"we've got a pool pump with about 250 feet of fire hose on it. we're prepared. it's part of the package of living here."

[[STAND UP]]

[[SUPER: John Mone//The Associated Press]]

" take a look..this is the danger of the Santa Ana winds...they'll send embers flying through the air. the danger is that could touch a fire in any of the homes behind me."

[[SOT]]

[[SUPER: Zelda Zungia//California Dept. of Forestry]]

"we're just here to protect the structures from the fire. it's all dictated by the wind..what it does it's pretty erratic"it's unpredictable. it's the santa ana's it's driven by winds...it's the santa ana's it's their nature...wherever they go they take the fire with it. "

THE WINDS PRIME VEGETATION IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO BURN BECAUSE THEY WICK AWAY THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR. THE FIRE FIGHTERS AND HOMEOWNERS CAN ONLY HOPE THE BLUSTERING GUSTS GO AWAY...AND GIVE THEM A BREAK. JOHN MONE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, LOS ANGELES.