SEND IT BACK IN THE STUDIO ALL RIGHT BILL THANK YOU TO THE AIRPORT FIRE THAT BEGAN IN ORANGE COUNTY. IT IS NOW THREATENING THE RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY OF LAKE ELSINORE WERE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY TREACHEROUS TERRAIN AND DRY BRUSH ARE FUELING THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES KTLA AS CARLOS SAUCEDO IS LIVE TONIGHT IN LAKE ELSINORE WITH THE VERY LATEST CARLOS. >> I CAN SHARE GOOD EVENING. THE FIRE HAS BURNED 19,000 ACRES AND COUNTING SPANNING 2 DIFFERENT COUNTIES NOW WE ARE LAKE ELSINORE RIGHT NOW HERE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK HERE THE FLAMES ARE BURNING ALONG THE RIDGE QUITE THE SIGHT TO SEE. NOW WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL AIRCRAFT PERFORMING WATER DROPS THE LAST FEW HOURS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE ONE RIGHT NOW THEY TRYING TO GET THIS STUBBORN FIRE UNDER CONTROL. TONIGHT THERE ARE MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS IN PLACE AS SEVERAL STRUCTURES HAVE BURNED DOWN. THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES OF THE AIRPORT FIRE JUMPED THE ORTEGA HIGHWAY CROSSING INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY. WELL CARUSO VILLAGE IN LAKE ELSINORE GETTING THE BRUNT OF IT TUESDAY EVENING AS THE FLAMES TORCHED HOMES AND VEHICLES ALONG THE PATH. >> BUT BRINGING EMBERS AND STUFF WE JUST HAD TO VERY VERY QUICKLY. >> RILEY MOST FAMILY HOME OFF OR TAKE A HIGHWAY DESTROYED. WE SPOKE WITH HIM FROM HIS MOTEL IN TEMECULA AS HE SAYS HE HAD TO DRIVE THROUGH FLAMES IN ORDER TO ESCAPE. >> WHEN WHEN IT CRESTED THAT MOUNTAIN AND THE WIND PICKED JUST. SO IT LIKE THAT A TORNADO YOU LIKE WE'RE IN BIG. >> ALL FIRE BASICALLY CONCERNED RESIDENTS FEARING THEY WILL HAVE TO EVACUATE. >> I FEEL. STRESSED SCARED FOR ME MY FAMILY, MY LIFE ARE YOU GETTING THINGS READY TO WE'VE IMPACT WE PACKED A FOOD DOG FOR DOGS. >> TALENT SO THICK DRY BRUSH FUELING THE AIRPORT FIRE THAT BEGAN MONDAY AFTERNOON. RACING TOWARDS THE COMMUNICATION TOWERS OF SANTIAGO PEEK THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS FIRE IS THAT IT'S MOVING IN A FEW DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. WE'VE HAD. >> MONTHS OF HOT WEATHER. JUST EXPERIENCED WHAT FOR 5 DAYS OF EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER THAT LIVE VEGETATION IS DEAD. AND WE'RE SEEING. THE RESULTS OF THAT FUEL LOAD. AND AT THIS POINT IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY HOMES HOW MANY STRUCTURES HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE BURNED DOWN. >> THERE IS AN EVACUATION SHELTER IN PLACE THIS IS AT TO MESCAL CANYON HIGH SCHOOL FOR THOSE LAKE ELSINORE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THESE FIRE CREWS WELL OVER A 1000 FIRE PERSONNEL TRYING TO GET THIS FIRE UNDER CONTROL THERE WILL BE