CALIFORNIA. WHY? THE EXPERTS SAY WE SHOULD GET READY FOR MORE. AND AS SOME FLAMES LAY DOWN, OTHERS FLARE UP AS EVACUATED FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THREE MAJOR SOCAL WILDFIRES ARE DESPERATE TO SEE WHAT'S LEFT OF THEIR HOMES. SOME OF THOSE DESPERATE FAMILIES ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE BRIDGE FIRE, WHICH IS NOW THE LARGEST ACTIVE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER AMY POWELL IS LIVE NOW IN CLAREMONT TONIGHT, TALKING WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE AFFECTED. AMY AND MARK, RESIDENTS OF THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, WAITING AND HOPING FOR ANSWERS TONIGHT. >> THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THEIR HOMES. MANY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR HOMES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED OR DESTROYED, AND THE BRIDGE FIRE REMAINS VERY DANGEROUS. IN MOUNT BALDY VILLAGE, SMOKE STILL RISES FROM THE HILLSIDES WHERE SEVERAL HOMES BURNED. THE MOUNT BALDY LODGE AND DOZENS OF HOMES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD, NARROWLY ESCAPING DISASTER AS THE BRIDGE FIRE RAGED. >> IT'S LIKE WITHIN 100 YARDS. AND THEN WE LOST ALL THESE CABINS RIGHT ACROSS THE TOP UP HERE AND IN BEAR CANYON, WHICH IS THE CANYON GOES IN HERE. WE LOST 20 HOMES UP THERE. SO IT WAS REALLY, REALLY SCARY. >> I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND GO, WOW, IT'S REALLY ORANGE OUT. >> JANINE DAHLE TAKING THIS PHOTO WHILE EVACUATING HER MOUNT BALDY HOME. SHE IS STAYING WITH A FRIEND IN CLAREMONT. >> IT WAS COMPLETELY IN THE VILLAGE AND IT WAS POWERFUL AND YOU COULD HEAR IT ROARING. IT WAS. IT WAS REALLY HORRIFYING. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY HELPING FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY BATTLE THE MASSIVE BLAZE. >> CREWS WORKING ON THE GROUND AND USING AIRCRAFT TO ATTACK THE FIRE THAT HAS BURNED NEARLY 52,000 ACRES, DESTROYING MORE THAN 30 HOMES IN WRIGHTWOOD AND MOUNT BALDY. DAVID MIX FLED HIS MOUNT BALDY HOME WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN. HE WAS OVERCOME WITH EMOTION WHEN HE RETURNED TODAY, FINDING THE HOUSE HE GREW UP IN REDUCED TO RUBBLE. >> THIS HOUSE WENT THROUGH SO MANY SNOWSTORMS. IT PROTECTED US FROM A FLOOD, YOU KNOW. IT PROTECTED US AND WE COULDN'T DO FOR IT, MAN. >> MANY RESIDENTS WORRY ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WEATHER CONDITIONS CHANGE. >> IT'S STILL NOT OVER. >> THERE'S IF THE WIND CAME UP RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FIRES. IF YOU DRIVE UP THE ROAD, YOU'LL SEE FIRES BURNING EVERYWHERE. ALL THE WIND HAS TO DO IS COME UP AND THERE'S A LOT LEFT TO BURN. >> AND THE OWNER OF THE MOUNT BALDY LODGE TELLS ME HE'S WORKING WITH THE SKI