CORTESE BACK TO YOU ALL RIGHT. SAM WILL LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANKS. >> RESIDENTS ARE ON ALERT TONIGHT IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHERE AN EVACUATION WARNING IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR THOSE IN THE PATH OF THE LINE FIRE. NOW THE FLAMES HAVE DEVOURED OVER 3,000 ACRES OF DRY BRUSH THERE. THIS IS THE MOUNTAINS JUST ABOVE EAST HIGHLAND. >> THAT'S KTLA IS RACHEL MENITOFF IS LIVE IN HIGHLAND WITH THE LATEST ON THE FIRE AND REACTION FROM RESIDENTS THERE RACHEL. >> SHARE RICK, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS UNDER AN EVACUATION WARNING SO ALL OF THE HOMES OVER HERE THEY'VE GOT THEIR VALUABLES PACKED UP READY TO GO JUST IN CASE WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING A COUPLE OF FLARE-UPS ON THIS HILLSIDE HERE BEHIND US THE FIRE RIGHT NOW AT 0% CONTAINMENT BUT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TOLD US THEY HAVE LIVED THROUGH THESE KINDS OF FIRES BEFORE THEY'RE CONFIDENT FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THIS ONE. >> HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN FROM VARIOUS CITIES AND COUNTIES BATTLING THIS UNPREDICTABLE WILDFIRE OFTEN CARRYING 50 TO 70 POUNDS OF EQUIPMENT DURING A 24 HOUR SHIFT HIKING THROUGH STEEP RUGGED TERRAIN AND TRYING TO CURB THOSE STUBBORN HOT SPOTS WE'RE GOING CONTINUE WITH OUR RESOURCES DURING DAY AND THEN TONIGHT WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE NIGHT FLYING CAPABILITY, THIS HAS BECOME KNOWN AS THE LINE FIRE WHICH TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST OVERNIGHT DOUBLING IN SIZE AND STRENGTH IT INITIALLY BURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST BUT SHIFTED TOWARD HIGHLAND PROMPTING CAL-FIRE TO POST AN EVACUATION WARNING. THE FIRE SPREADING IS A HEAT WAVE BLANKET SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP. LAST NIGHT MIKE SAYS AT SOME POINTS. IT WAS TOUCH AND GO HE'S GOT ALL OF HIS FAMILY HEIRLOOMS HOME VIDEOS AND PICTURE ALBUMS BOXED UP BY THE DOOR IN THE EVENT THEY HAVE TO RUSH OUT WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING. >> BEING EVACUATED IF WE DO I THINK IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE STRUCTURE OF THE HOUSE OR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW NO HOMES ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE PATH OF THE BLAZE WHICH HAS BEEN CONTAINED WITHIN THE REACHES OF THE MOUNTAIN RANGE LONGTIME HIGHLAND HOMEOWNERS LIKE DONNA KRISTOFFERSON ADMIT THE FLAMES ARE A LITTLE BIT TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS ANYWHERE NEAR US WE DROVE DOWN GRAY SPOT. I MEAN MY HEART STARTED TO. >> BEAT VERY FAST BECAUSE I SAW HOW CLOSE IT WAS TO OUR OWN HOMES AND AS FOR MIKE HE'S CONFIDENT THAT JUST LIKE OTHER HARDSHIPS IN LIFE, THIS TOO SHALL PASS I HAVE A LOT OF IN GOD AND A LOT OF >> AND THAT'S WHAT'S GETTING YOU THROUGH TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. >> AND FIRE OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE NO MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TIME IN THE EVENT OF AN EVACUATION YOU'VE GOT PETS YOU'VE GOT LIVESTOCK, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YO