FAMILY NEED AT READY DOT GOV. >> A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS 3 MAJOR WILDFIRES THREATEN COMMUNITIES ACROSS 4 COUNTIES. AUTHORITIES HAVE ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST THE SUSPECTED ARSONIST ACCUSED OF IGNITING THE LINE FIRE. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AS CREWS WORK TO GAIN THE UPPER HAND IN THESE FIRE STARTING WITH KIMBERLY CHANG SHE'S LIVE IN RIGHT WOODWARD, THE BRIDGE FIRE HAS DESTROYED SEVERAL STRUCTURES, KIMBERLY. >> HI YES, THIS IS ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY TO RIGHT BESIDE ME AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SKY IS HAZY THERE STILL SOME HOT SPOTS OVER THERE HERE IN THE RIGHT WOULD COMMUNITY THIS BRIDGE FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 51,000 ACRES SO FAR AND FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN PUTTING OUT HOT SPOTS WITHIN THE FIRE'S PERIMETER AROUND THE WRIGHTWOOD COMMUNITY. I'M TOLD TODAY CREWS ARE ALSO CONSTRUCTING DOZER LINES IN THE TABLE MOUNTAIN AREA AND STRENGTHENING CONTAINMENT LINES. IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT THIS RUBBLE WAS THE HOLISTIC HEALTH DAY SPA IN WRIGHTWOOD NOW ONE OF SEVERAL STRUCTURES DESTROYED BY THE BRIDGE FIRE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS STILL NEED TO GET IN TO EVALUATE BEFORE ACCOUNT WILL BE RELEASED. >> STRUCTURES THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED HAVE BEEN IN MOUNT BALL THE AS WELL AS HERE IN WRIGHTWOOD AND IT'S BEEN A MIX OF HOMES AND OUTBUILDINGS AND SHEDS I BELIEVE COUNT IS AROUND 30. >> FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUED AN AGGRESSIVE BATTLE FROM THE AIR AND GROUND CONTINUING THE SUPPRESSION. >> YOU KNOW STARTING TO GET THAT LINE CONSTRUCTION WE HAVE 14 HELICOPTERS ASSIGNED A DAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS HERE FOR THE GABRIEL MOUNTAINS. THIS INTO THE MOUNTAIN RANGE IS THE STEEPEST AND THE ROCK IT'S THE LARGEST ACTIVE FIRE IN THE STATE AFFECTING LA AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. THE WEATHER GAVE FIREFIGHTERS AN ADVANTAGE OVER NIGHT ORIGINAL FORECASTS HAD PRETTY STRONG WINDS. COMING IN AROUND 10:00PM LAST NIGHT AND YOU KNOW WE WERE GEARING UP FOR THAT. LUCKILY THEY DIDN'T MATERIALIZE AND SO THE TEMPERATURES DROP THE HUMIDITY CAME UP THE WINDS WEREN'T BAD THAT REALLY GIVES US A CHANCE TO GET A STRONG FOOTHOLD AND GET IN THERE AND REALLY START DOING SOME WORK THE FOCUS IS STRUCTURE PROTECTION AND DEFENDING COMMUNITIES OF WRIGHTWOOD PINION HILLS AND MOUNT BALDY YOU KNOW THIS FIRE HAS SEVERAL FRONTS THE MOST ACTIVE FIRE RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY OUT AND PINION HILLS WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE FIRE. YOU KNOW WE HAVE ACTIVE FIRE ABOVE MOUNT BALDY IN OF COURSE AROUND WRIGHTWOOD. >> THOUSANDS OF HOMES ARE THREATENED EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS ARE STILL IN EFFECT. IN THE LAST HOUR WE SAW