California's Wildfire Emergency Turns Deadly & Pushes Crews On The Front Lines To Their Limits

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Event Location(s): Santa Clarita, California | Description: EXT DAY CALIFORNIA MS: Flames rise above silhouetted trees with smoke-covered sky. MS: Bulldozer drives through brush. MS: Panning shot of silhouetted trees near flames. MS: Flames rise above brush. MS: Trees and brush with smoke and flames. MS: Flames and thick black smoke rise above a hillside. MS: Aerial of smoke and flames on a hillside. MS: Bulldozers ride past each other. MS: Bulldozer operator debarks his bulldozer. MS: Hikers rescued after being lost in the woods walk with firefighters as one rescued man points and yells “Thank you sir.” MS: Firefighters examine the rescued hikers seated at a picnic table. MS: In interview firefighter says “They were really hungry and thirsty when we found them." MS: Trees lining a road in the woods as one tree falls to the ground. MS (ROBERT HELLER): Panning shot of Sand Fire’s smoke and flames on a hillside. 2 MS (SANTA MONICA FIREFIGHTERS): Silhouetted people walk near pickup truck with huge flames and smoke seen nearby. MS: Panning shot of charred remains of a destroyed home. 2 MS: NBC’s Gadi Schwartz walks with homeowner over wood debris of his destroyed home as the homeowner says “The history that’s lost today is a tragedy.” MS: Charred debris from a destroyed home. INT CALIFORNIA MS: Jan Sanborn (ph) plays piano as her husband suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease, Loren Janes (ph) sits in a nearby chair. MS: Janes. STILL: Black and white head shot of then-movie stunt double Janes. GFX: Posters for the movies “Spartacus” and “Bullitt.” INT CALIFORNIA MS: In interview Sanborn says (about Janes) “He was Steve McQueen's double his whole career. He was a stunt man for 50 years, founded the Stuntman’s Association.” EXT NIGHT CALIFORNIA MS: Fire-destroyed exterior of Sanborn and Janes’ home. BRIEF CUTS: Items in the fire-destroyed home. VO: Schwartz signs off from Santa Clarita, California.