YOUR PET TASTIC PHOTOS ALL RIGHT, 744 LET'S GET RIGHT OUT TO ELIZABETH MITCHELL FOLLOWING THE FIRE THAT'S BURNING IN LOYALTON CALLED THE BEAR FIRE. >>YOU GOT AN UPDATE? WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR, ELIZABETH? THIS MORNING >>A FIREFIGHTER IN MEDIA BRIEFING FOR THE LAST HOUR WITH CAL FIRE AND THE TAHOE NATIONAL FOREST AS WELL. >>AND THEY SAID THAT THIS FIRE, THE BEAR FIRE, IS 1400 ACRES, NEARLY ABOUT, AND IT IS 0% CONTAINED AT THIS POINT. IT IS STILL A VERY ACTIVE FIRE, AS YOU CAN STILL SEE HERE BEHIND ME. THEY DID TALK ABOUT FIRE BEHAVIOR YESTERDAY. THEY SAID THAT 15 TO 20 MILE PER HOURS. THAT'S THE WIND GUSTS THAT THEY WERE DEALING WITH. THEY EVEN SAW GUSTS OF UP TO 30 TO 40MPH THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON YESTERDAY THEY SAID THIS FIRE IS DID SPREAD AT A RAPID RATE OF SPEED. YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THINGS DID DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT. THEY'RE EXPECTING LIGHT WINDS OF 8 TO 10MPH TODAY. AND MODERATE FIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY BECAUSE THINGS ARE STILL DRY OUT HERE. BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR THAT FIREFIGHTERS CAN BE WARY OF. THEY'RE GOING TO BE SENDING AIRCRAFT UP THIS MORNING STARTING AT AROUND 830 TO 9:00. BUT THIS DID BREAK OUT YESTERDAY AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE STILL UNDERWAY FOR PEOPLE NEAR THE LOYALTON AREA ESPECIALLY THE SIERRA BROOKS AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, THE FIRE IS THREATENING NEARLY 300 STRUCTURES AND MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. MORE THAN 750 PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES IN THE AREA ARE WITHOUT POWER AT THIS POINT AGAIN, POLICE SAID. HAVE THE ROAD SHUT DOWN AT SMITH NECK DRIVE RIGHT HERE OF THIS FIRE DID START OFF ON BEAR VALLEY ROAD, BUT THAT'S ALL WE KNOW AS OF RIGHT NOW. 1400