NEARLY 23,000 ACRES SPREADING FROM THE OC TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY. HAVE YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE HERE SO WE'RE SURROUNDED BY THESE CHARRED TREES THIS IS WHERE THE FIRE TORE THROUGH OVERNIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT BEHIND US WHAT'S THE WHAT'S LEFT OF THIS HOME, IT'S BASICALLY BEEN LEVELED. THERE ARE CERTAIN REMNANTS, SO WE COULD KIND OF MAKE OUT YOU KNOW WASHER AND DRYER POSSIBLY A BATH TUB IN SOME TILES BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT YOU SEE THAT THICK HAZE THAT CONTINUES TO HOVER OVER THIS AREA BECAUSE THIS FIRE IS NOT OVER AND THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE MANY HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY THE BRIDGE FIRE. >> MORE THAN 105,000 ACRES TORCHED A TRIO OF FIRES BURNING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT BUT IT'S THE BRIDGE FIRE THAT EXPLODED IN SIZE SINCE IT ERUPTED SUNDAY, FORCING PEOPLE TO FLEE THEIR HOMES FROM COMMUNITIES LIKE MOUNT BALDY IN WRIGHTWOOD HUNDREDS EVACUATING WHILE OTHERS DECIDED THEY WOULD STAY BEHIND REALLY LEFT IT HERE. >> THIS IS JUST SO FOR JOHN AND SHARON WHO ONLY WANTED TO BE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FIRST NAMES. >> THE FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY BRINGING THEM TO TEARS. JOHN SAYS THEY'VE LIVED IN WRIGHTWOOD FOR ALMOST A DECADE, THERE 80 YEARS OLD. THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO OR NOT GOING TO STAY HERE. ASK YOU SOMETHING FORTUNATELY THE COUPLE'S HOME WAS SPARED. BUT WINDS KICKED UP MAKING FOR YET ANOTHER PRECARIOUS ORDEAL LEAVING MANY WONDERING WHERE THE FIRE WOULD LEAD TO NEXT MORE THAN 30 HOMES WERE DESTROYED SPENDING ACROSS NOW BALL D WRIGHTWOOD AND IN THE WILDERNESS. BUT THOSE NUMBERS WILL LIKELY GROW AT TIMES IT LOOKED LIKE AN APOCALYPSE A THICK ORANGE HAZE ECLIPSING THE SKY. MORE THAN 400 FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING THE BRIDGE AND YET AMID THE DEVASTATION THIS PLACE HAS CAUSED A MOMENT OF CALM IN THE TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING HARD TO. TRYING TO KEEP THEM HAPPY WRIGHTWOOD RESIDENT GREG JONES DID WHAT HE DOES BEST PLAYING MUSIC EVEN IF IT MEANS GIVING FIREFIGHTERS A SECOND TO RELAX AS THEY SIFTED THROUGH THE VILLAGE GRIND FOR FOOD AND WATER MUSIC LISTENER SPIRITS. THESE FIREFIGHTERS ARE AMAZING IT'S JUST AMAZING PEOPLE I'VE. >> THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY I BELIEVE IN >> NOW AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THE BRIDGE FIRE HOLDING AT 49,000 ACRES 0% CONTAINMENT, ALTHOUGH THAT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN QUITE SOMETIME. WE'RE EXPECTING AN UPDATE ON ACREAGE AND CONTAINMENT HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING MINUTES THAT'S ACCORDING TO SOME OFFICIALS SOME PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO BUT IN THE MEANTIME THE NATIONAL GUARD IS ALSO WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT HERE WANT TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC BUT TO TO HELP PATROL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE