As massive fires burn across California, the Creek Fire has forced some 45,000 people to evacuate their homes. Some of the earliest evacuees were the residents of the tiny town of Big Creek, where half the town was destroyed.
We talk to Toby Wait, principal of the local school, who lost his home.
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