REICHERT THANK YOU. THE BRIDGE FIRE IS NOW THE LARGEST ACTIVE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA. IT IS DESTROYED DOZENS OF HOMES IN SAN BERNARDINO AND BURNED MORE THAN 50,000 ACRES. >> KTLA SAID IT RAW MOST IS LIVE IN WRIGHTWOOD WITH THE LATEST UNREST, GOOD MORNING. >> MEGAN CHRIS GOOD MORNING TO YOU BOTH THIS FOOTPRINT OF THIS FIRE IS SO INCREDIBLY LARGE BURNING OVER 50 1000 ACRES SPANNING 2 COUNTIES AND IT REALLY EXPLODED TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WE KNOW THE WORK IS NOT DONE AT THIS HOUR 0% CONTAINED RIGHT AS YOU MENTIONED WE'RE HERE IN WRIGHTWOOD WE'RE STANDING AT SOME OF THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND HOMES THAT ABUT THE MOUNTAIN AND WE SAW WHEN WE WERE DRIVING IN SOME OF THOSE FLAMES FLICKERING AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT IS WHY YOU SEE. FIREFIGHTERS LIKE THIS ONE IN THIS FIRE TRUCK SORT OF WITH THEIR LIGHTS. HOSE RIGHT UP INTO THE SKY RIGHT UP INTO THOSE MOUNTAIN RIDGES IN ORDER TO WATCH AND WAIT TO MAKE SURE THAT NONE OF THOSE FLAMES SPARK GET BIGGER ORYX OR ANY OF THE EMBERS COME DOWN ON ANY OF THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND HOMES WHICH IS WHAT WE SAW REPEATEDLY YESTERDAY AT THIS POINT 40 HOMES HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY DESTROYED BUT THE FACT THAT NO LOSS OF LIFE AND NO MORE HOMES IN A 50,000 ACRE FIRE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORKING. HARDWORKING FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING BOTH DAY AND NIGHT NOW WE HAVE SPOKEN TO FOLKS WHO EVACUATED. THEY SAY THEY WERE GIVEN LITTLE WARNING WHEN THIS FIRE EXPLODED TUESDAY NIGHT TOLD TO QUICKLY GET UP GET OUT. >> LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO GRAB A FEW THINGS IN THE CAT. YOU GUYS GOT OUT OF THERE AS SOON AS I COULD ONCE I GOT OUT OF THERE YOU KNOW I REALIZE THAT YOU KNOW I COULD HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION THAT I STAYED REALLY EVEN ANY LONGER AT ALL. >> THE BRIDGE FIRE BURNING OVER 50,000 ACRES AND THIS IS WHAT REMAINS THOUSANDS OF THOSE SPOT FIRES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT FIREFIGHTERS NOW HAVE TO MONITOR AND MAKE SURE DON'T GET ANY BIGGER. THEY BUILT THESE BUFFERS AROUND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE HALLS BUT YESTERDAY NEAR THE CENTER OF TOWN WRIGHTWOOD WE SAW ONE OF THOSE SPOT FIRES GROW IN SIZE AND INCH CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HOMES THERE ABOUT 40 HOMES HAVE BEEN DESTROYED SO FAR AND NOW IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE ANYMORE DON'T BURN WITH THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS EVACUATED DID DECIDE TO STAY LIKE THIS COUPLE TAKE A LISTEN. >> THAT'S GOING TO STAY HERE. ASK YOU SOMETHING. >> ALL RIGHT SO MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT THIS IS ABOUT RESOURCES. WE KNOW THAT SPELLMAN IS THAT THE LINE FIRE. WE KNOW THAT CARLOS IS AT THE AIRPORT FIRE. WE ARE HERE AT THE BRIDGE FIRE AND THAT IS PULLING RESOURCES BEEN LIKE YOU HAVE SOME FIREFIGHTERS HERE ON THE GROUND WE SAW DROPS YESTERDAY LAST NIGHT BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE FEW AND FAR RESOURCES. BUT THIS THIS IS THE LARGEST FIRES YOU MENTIONED ACTIVE FIRE IN CALIFORNIA. AND AT THIS HOUR 0% CONTAINED AND SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AND SCENE FIREFIGHTERS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE TOWN WATCHING WAITING