You'll be shocked to learn how huge the California fire is now

ABC News' Alex Stone @astoneabcnews ?joined the JayMac show from California to bring you the latest.
As firefighters work to extinguish those Northern California wildfires, progress is being made. But officials estimate 400 people are still missing. That number keeps fluctuating. 
Damage here in Santa Rosa alone is now estimated at $1.2 billion dollars--5 percent of the homes in Santa Rosa have been destroyed. It will take years to rebuild. And still many homeowners --who have been evacuated--have no idea if their homes survived the fire. This is a city of 175,000 people.
Firefighters say they are having lots of success on the wildfires burning in Northern California.
Fire activity have calmed dramatically. But CalFire Chief Ken Pimlott says it's not over yet--the fires could get going again because of wind expected to arrive.
"We're not out of the woods yet," he said. "Red flag warnings have been posted for tonight well into the weekend for not only the areas impacted in northern California by existing fires but for a good portion of Southern California.
In Northern California, everything depends on the wind right now.
"The news here is encouraging now - some evacuation orders in Napa and Mendocino counties are being lifted. Containment numbers are going up, and 9-thousand firefighters are now on the front lines battling flames. More resources are being added now up and down California for a weekend of expected red flag conditions - it'll be windy and dry," said Alex.
"Teams with cadaver dogs began a grim search Thursday for more dead in parts of California wine country devastated by wildfires, resorting in some cases to serial numbers stamped on medical implants to identify remains that turned up in the charred ruins," according to the Associated Press.
"New deaths confirmed Thursday took the toll to 31, making this the deadliest week of wildfires in California history."
"Many of the flames still burned out of control, and the fires grew to more than 300 square miles (777 square kilometers), an area as large as New York City."
Officials still don’t know what caused the fire.
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