OF THE PAST 8 DAYS IN THE KEYSTONE STATE. >> BACK HERE AT HOME A COURT APPEARANCE FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING OFF A DISASTROUS LINE FIRE IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS THAT HAS BEEN DELAYED BUT THE MASSIVE FIRE RAGES ON TRANSFORMING PROSECUTORS SAID MAY NEVER BE WHAT THEY ONCE WERE. KTLA SHELBY NELSON JOINS US LIVE FROM HIGHLAND CLOSE TO WHERE THE FIRE STARTED SHELBY. >> SHARE MIKE OF A DEVASTATING LINE FIRE HAS BEEN BURNING NOW FOR MORE THAN A WEEK SCORCHING 38,000 ACRES, IT'S ONLY 21% CONTAINED AND TODAY WE WANTED TO COME TO HIGHLAND TO SHOW YOU THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE BECAUSE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THAT SUSPECT ATTEMPTED TO TRY AND START 3 FIRES, THE FIRST ONE ABOVE THIS HILL DIDN'T REALLY WORK THIS WAS THE SECOND ATTEMPT RIGHT HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT'S KIND OF BLACKENED AND THEN IF YOU LOOK OVER HERE ON THE OTHER END. THAT'S WHERE HE IGNITED ALLEGEDLY THAT OTHER FIRE WHICH TOOK OFF AND TURNED INTO THE LINE FIRE. ROUGHLY 38,000 ACRES BURNED DRIVE UP STATE ROUTE 3.30 AND THIS IS WHAT PUTS THE LINE FIRE'S FOOTPRINT INTO PERSPECTIVE. >> WHAT ONCE WAS FOREST NOW SCORCHED EARTH ASHES. AND MILTON GUARDRAIL 6 MILES OF IT THAT WILL NEED TO BE REPAIRED AND ALL SET ABLAZE BY ONE MAN WHO AUTHORITIES SAY IS RESPONSIBLE THE SUSPECT 34 YEAR-OLD JUSTIN WAYNE HOSTON BERG OF NORCO HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ARRAIGNED RANCHO CUCAMONGA COURTROOM. BUT THAT WAS POSTPONED JUST ONE DAY EARLIER SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY OFFICIALS ANNOUNCING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HULL STENBERG INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ARSON WHICH CARRIES A SENTENCE OF 10 YEARS TO LIFE IN PRISON WHILE HIS FAMILY IS HARDLY SPEAKING OUT THE LA TIMES REPORTS THAT HIS MOTHER WHO IS BATTLING CANCER RESPONDED TO THEM IN A MESSAGE SAYING I DO WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT MY BABY BOY HE DID NOT LIKE THAT FIRE. I REPEAT HE DID NOT LIKE THAT FIRED I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE THAT I'M THE FAMILY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR WHO ONLY WANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED AS RAYMOND SAYS HE'S KNOWN HOLSTON BERG SINCE HE WAS BORN JUSTIN IS THE SWEETEST GUY EVERYONE. >> SKY WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO HELP YOU. HE'S HELP ME HELP THAT THE PEOPLE HE'S A MECHANIC HE WORKS ON CARS IN THE BACK YARD POST IN BERG IS FACING MULTIPLE COUNTS OF ARSON INCLUDING CAUSING GREAT BODILY INJURY TO A FIREFIGHTER AND FOR CAUSING THIS RUNNING SPRINGS HOME TO BURN DOWN THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLEGES THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO IGNITE A FIRE 3 TIMES LAST THURSDAY IN HIGHLAND AND WHEN THE FIRST 2 DIDN'T WORK THEY ALLEGE HE TRIED AGAIN IGNITING THE LINE FIRE HERE ALONG BASELINE ROAD. I CAN ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE THIS CASE. THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RESOLUTE ON THIS CASE. WELL COOLER TEMPERATURES AND CALMER WINDS ARE HELPING WITH THE FIGHT AGAINST THE LINE FIRE OFFICIALS SAY ON THE WESTERN FLANK OF THE FIRE IT CONTINUES TO THREATEN HOMES IN RUNNING SPRINGS. >> ON THE EASTERN SIDE IT'S MOVING TOWARD AN AREA THAT HASN'T BURNED IN DECADES NEAR ANGELES OAKS WE'VE GOT WINDS. >> SOMEBODY WAS SAYING RUNNING SPRINGS AND THE BACK TO THE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME. >> AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. >> AND JUST TO HIT THAT RESIDENTS ARE NOT BEING ALLOWED BACK UP TO RUNNING SPRINGS OFFICIALS SAY IT'S LIKELY GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE TO REPAIR THAT GUARDRAIL UP THERE AMONG OTHER THINGS BECAUSE OF THIS LINE FIRE. NOW I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU ONE OF THE LATEST EVACUATION LIST THAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS HIGHLAND AREA FROM TWO-WAY HI HIGHWAY EXCUSE ME 2.10 EAST TO CAJA DEL RIO STREET AND THE FOOTHILL SOUTH TO THE CITY LIMIT ALL HAVE BEEN LIFTED AND THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AT 2 O'CLOCK REPORTING LIVE IN HIGHLAND I'M SHELBY NELSON KTLA, 5 NEWS. THANK YOU SHELBY FIREFIGHTERS HAVE GAINED THE UPPER HAND IN BATTLING THE LARGEST OF THE 3 WILDFIRES BURNING IN SOCAL. THE BRIDGE FIRE NOW 3% CONTAINED AFTER SCORCHING NEARLY 52,000 ACRES. >> FLAMES HAVE DESTROYED DOZENS OF HOMES SINCE THE FIRE STARTED ON SUNDAY. FIREFIGHTERS SAY REDUCED WIND SPEEDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITY OF HELP SLOW THE FIRE'S GROWTH THEY ARE WORKING NOW TO PROTECT THREATENED COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE THE AREA SAFE SO RESIDENTS CAN RETURN HOME. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THERE'S PROGRESS TO REPORT ON THE AIRPORT FIRE BURNING IN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. >> CONTAINMENT IS NOW UP TO 8% THE FIRE WHICH HAS BURNED MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES STARTED IN TRIBUTE GO CANYON ON MONDAY. THERE ARE STILL IN MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN ROBINSON RANCH IN LAKE ELSINORE AND IN THE TRIBUTE GO HIGHLANDS 3 DOZEN CABINS WERE DESTROYED IN EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY AND OTHERS IN THE LAKE ELSINORE AREA.