COURTNEY FRIEL IN FOR KAREEN WYNTER TONIGHT. >> A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF HOMES ARE IN THE PATH OF A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. THE LINE FIRE IN SAN BERNARDINO HAS WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THE LINE FIRE. HI SARAH. >> HI CONNIE GOOD EVENING AND WE'RE HERE AT THE ROADBLOCK ALONG HIGHWAY 38. AND YES, WE DID LEARN THAT THIS FIRE GREW ANOTHER 3,000 ACRES NOW TONIGHT, ERRATIC WINDS DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN A CONCERN AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN THESE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES. PACK UP AND LEAVE. >> THIS IS VIDEO FROM TONIGHT FLAMES ENGULFING A HILLSIDE ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 38 AS A STEADY STREAM OF VEHICLES COME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN FLEEING THE LINE FIRE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF JUST HELPING OTHER PEOPLE TO BACK AWAY SHUNS I WEIGH 38 1 OF THE MAIN ARTERIES INTO THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS IS NOW CLOSED AT BRYANT STREET FOLLOWING NEW EVACUATION ORDERS FOR THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES OF FOREST FALLS MOUNTAIN HOME VILLAGE IN ANGELES OAKS. KATIE COURIC IS HELPING RESCUE ANIMALS IN THE EVACUATION ZONES AND SO WE JUST EVACUATED TO COWS AND A GOAT AND A SHEEP AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO WERE SAYS. HUNDREDS OF FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE GROUND AND AIR ARE BATTLING THIS FIRE THAT EXPLODED TO 17,000 ACRES OVER THE WEEKEND THAT GOT CREDIBLE HUGE THE GRASS BRUSH AND TIMBER ALONG THESE MOUNTAINSIDES IS EXTREMELY DRY AND HASN'T BURNED IN DECADES, BUT THERE IS PROGRESS TODAY. DIDN'T REALLY SEE IT. >> HUGE MOVEMENT OF THE FIGHT WE'RE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND GET A LOT OF GOOD WORK DESPITE YOU KNOW DESPITE THE WEATHER DYNAMIC WEATHER CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RAIN LIGHTNING IN SPORADIC WINDS ARE MAKING FOR A CHALLENGING FIREFIGHT PEOPLE THEY'D UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS STILL VERY ACTIVE FIRE AND SO IT IS NOT SAFE TO THINK ABOUT RETURNING TO YOUR HOMES IF THERE ARE EVACUATION ORDERS. >> THOSE ARE THERE FOR A REASON 35,000 HOMES AND STRUCTURES ARE THREATENED BY THIS FIRE CREWS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE FLAMES FROM MOVING INTO RUNNING SPRINGS. >> SHOWING CARISSA HAVE EVERYTHING PACKED INTO READY TO LEAVE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE IF THE ROAD. >> PROBABLY TO BIG BEAR STARTS TO GET TOTALLY BLOCKS WILL LEAVE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN THE MID WEEK. AND THEN I HAVE A DECK, SO I COULD SEE KIND OF THE FOOT HILLS BEHIND ME SO IF I SEE ANY FLAMES COME OUT. >> THE EXTREME HEAT MAKING IT EVEN HARDER ON THE CREWS FIGHTING THIS FIRE PEOPLE WHO'VE LEFT THEIR MOUNTAIN HOMES ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR TO BEAT BACK THE FLAMES. JUST HOPE THAT THEY CAN. >> GET IT GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND THAT AND SAVED THE REST OF THESE TOWNS UP HERE. >> AND THERE IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS CAL FIRE SAYS TONIGHT THAT SO FAR NO HOMES OR STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. FOR A LIST OF THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO KTLA DOT COM AND ON ONE OTHER NOTE TONIGHT ON THE LAST HOUR OR SO WE WE RECEIVED WORD THAT THERE'S NO SCHOOL TOMORROW FOR STUDENTS IN THE BIG BEAR VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAUSE