>> AND EXOTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS HOME TO HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS WHO COULD BE FORCED TO EVACUATE AS THE BRIDGE FIRE CONTINUES TO GROW TONIGHT, THE 4 EVER WILD EXOTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY IS HOME TO MORE THAN 200 ANIMALS, INCLUDING A LION TIGERS MONKEYS BIRDS SNAKES AND OTHER REPTILES TONIGHT THERE ARE PREPARATIONS UNDER WAY TO EVACUATE THOSE ANIMALS AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE JOHN FANELLI ALIVE IN FEEL AND WITH MORE ON THE RACE TO SAVE THOSE ANIMALS JOHN. >> SHARON MIKE A GOOD EVENING TO YOU AS WE WERE MAKING OUR WAY HERE ON THE ONE 38 EAST OF PALMDALE WE COULD SEE THE HEADER FROM THE BRIDGE FIRE BILLOWING OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY THE TIME WE REACH THIS ANIMAL FACILITY. THE AIR WAS THICK WITH SMOKE THAT PLUS A WARNING FROM FIRE OFFICIALS TO BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY HAS STAFF HERE VERY CONCERNED. QUIST ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES. >> MANY OF HER ANIMALS ARE CREATED AND READY TO BE EVACUATED. >> AS THE BRIDGE FIRE EDGES CLOSER TO THE FOREVER, WILD EXOTIC ANIMAL SANCTUARY, WE HAVE GEAR WE HAVE OUR BEER HYENA LIONS TIGERS MONKEYS WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF LARGE CRATERS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR FRONT DRIVE YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW CLOSE THE FIRE IS TO THE SANCTUARY. HI AND HER COLLEAGUES MANY OF THEM FAMILIES HAVE BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK TO MOVE HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS INDOORS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE ELEMENTS WE STARTED GETTING ALL OF OUR BIRDS BECAUSE BIRDS ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THE SMOKE AND THE ASH SO WE GOT ALL OF THEM FIRST AND THEN WE MOVED ON TO AND WE MOVED ON TO OUR ALL THE PRIMATES ARE INSIGHT NOW AND NOW WE'RE KIND OF JUST BY STAND BY. >> WAITING TO SEE IF WE NEED TO PACKAGE UP YOU KNOW ALL THE SMALL CATS KIND OF GO FROM THERE THE SANCTUARY IS DEDICATED TO RESCUING AND REHABILITATING EXOTIC ANIMALS. THE CREW HERE SAYS THEY'RE READY TO STAY AND DEFEND THEIR FACILITY IF THE FLAMES GET TOO CLOSE. WE ARE IN DEFENSE FACILITIES SO AGAIN WE'RE COMMUNICATION WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO THEY WILL HOPEFULLY SEND THE RESOURCES HERE AND KIND OF SET UP A COMMAND STATION HERE LIKE THEY DID WITH THE BLUE CUT FIRE AND DEFEND SO WE HAVE TO FIRE HYDRANTS THAT THEY HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE USED TO SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST SITTING IN DEFENDING SO WE DON'T NEED ANY OUTSIDE COMMITTEE HOPE THAT THIS TIME NOW THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN CALIFORNIA THE BRIDGE FIRE EXPLODED IN SIZE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR >> THE FAST-MOVING BLAZE MAKES THE POTENTIAL EVACUATION OF THESE ANIMALS NOT ONLY A LOGISTICAL NIGHTMARE. BUT A HEARTBREAKING SCENARIO FOR THOSE WHO CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR WELL-BEING THERE'S YOUR HEART SKIP A BEAT A LITTLE BIT THINKING ABOUT THE THREAT OF THIS FOR SURE LIKE I MEAN I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE WE'RE IN A PLACE ANIMALS. HOW WE'RE GOING TO ANIMALS LOADED, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE STRESSED SO THERE'S ALWAYS THAT WORRY IN THE BACK OF MY MIND BUT TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE POSITIVE THAT ALWAYS WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS SO. ALL RIGHT TO BE CLEAR THE STAFF HERE SAYS THEY DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TO LEND A HELPING HAND THEY SAY THEY NEED TO KEEP THESE ROADS CLEARED TO GET THEIR VETERINARIANS IN. >> AND GET THESE ANIMALS OUT IN TRAILERS SHOULD THEY GET THAT ORDER TO EVACUATE WHAT THEY NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING THEY TELL ME OUR DONATIONS THEY NEED DONATIONS TO KEEP THEIR ANIMALS FED TO KEEP THESE GENERATORS RUNNING AND TO PAY THEIR STAFF OVER TIME DURING THIS STRESSFUL INCIDENT. NOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO HELP YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO DONATE UNDER THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE. KTLA