now to the Raging wildfires in the west with nearly 6,000 First Responders struggling to control 16 active wildfires in California there's also been an arrest of a man accused of starting the line fire which has spread to more than 36,000 Acres Ben Tracy reports on the still growing threat the bridge fire is burning out of control and is now California's largest active Wildfire between Tuesday and Wednesday night it exploded from 4,000 Acres to nearly 50,000 our priority Remains the protection of life and structure and infrastructure defense it's one of three big blazes firefighters are battling near Los Angeles this woman was rescued escaping the Flames with little more than the clothes on her back from the ground and the air teams are fighting to control the airport fire which is now just 5% contained here at the airport fire firefighting helicopters are using this nearby lake to quickly fill up and then dump that on the Flames those Flames have devoured more than 23,000 Acres feder Rico Selena's home was right in its path this was covered in vegetation now it's all pretty much ashes and sand his home was narrowly spared including his animals I was like if they don't if they don't die of uh fire they're going to die of all the smoke inhalation you know so I thought I was going to come and pick up their bodies and stuff but turned out they're they're okay now both of these fires are still under investigation and it is turning out to be a very active Wildfire season here in California with four times as many acres burned compared to all of last year and Nate the height of Fire season is just getting started Ben thank you