Wildfire Season Rages in the West
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Yes, it is wildfire season in the Western U.S. Thousands of firefighters are on the job this morning. They're trying to put out a number of fires that are affecting at least three different states. In California, battles focus on three major wildfires, including one about 20 miles West of Yosemite. A blaze near Chelan, Washington, has scorched 4,000 acres and a massive effort over the past week has brought a fire in Wyoming closer to containment now. CNN's Eric Philips joins us live from Wilson, Wyoming, with an update. Eric, you've got some good news out there?</s>ERIC PHILIPS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, we do have some encouraging news this morning, Linda. As a matter of fact, fire officials tell me this blaze here in Wilson, Wyoming, is about 70 percent contained. As you know, this is day eight of battling this stubborn wildfire, which is believed to have been caused by an abandoned campfire. But firefighters are still going just as if it was day one, although they had that encouraging news. They're still out trying to create a perimeter around the fire to keep it from spreading to nearby homes. The focal point of concern is about 150 homes that are within five miles of this fire. If the winds pick up, winds start gusting, they know those homes could be in serious danger that's why about a hundred families have been evacuated, many of them since last Wednesday. And they're waiting to find out when, in fact, they'll be able to go back to their homes. But among all of this, people are very thankful that their homes have not been lost. No structures at all have been lost -- not a tool shed, not a garage, no homes -- and so folks are very thankful to firefighters. Everyone is keeping an eye to the sky because they realize how critical the weather is. Today they're expecting scattered showers, but they're hoping, Linda, that those scattered showers don't bring gusting winds.</s>STOUFFER: Absolutely. It'd be great if the weather cooperated. But, Eric, those folks, any chance that they'll be able to go back to their homes today?</s>PHILIPS: Well, we asked fire officials that and they have not been able to give us any definitive answer on that. They're waiting to see what happens with the weather today. Of course safety is the number one concern and so they don't want to allow people to come back too soon and put lives in jeopardy so they're just waiting and seeing at this point.</s>STOUFFER: Well, we hope to get the all clear. Eric Philips in Wyoming, we appreciate the update, thank you.</s>PHILIPS: All right. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com