Line Fire explodes to 23,000 acres - Monday 3 p.m. Updatge

SEEING RIGHT NOW NOT THE ONLY FIRE BURNING HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, YEAH WE'RE GOING TO GET UP TO KTLA FIVE'S JENNIFER MCGRAW SHE'S ON THE GROUND WITH AN UPDATE ON THE LINE FIRE THAT'S BURNING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. >> HI JENNIFER. >> LANG GOOD AFTERNOON, YEAH, THEY WERE EXPECTING A HIGH FIRE DANGER IN THIS AREA, IT'S JUST SO EXPANSIVE THIS FIRE REACHES FROM HIGHLAND TO MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THIS MOUNTAIN AND UP INTO THE MOUNTAIN. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE AIR ATTACK YESTERDAY THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS LIGHTNING AND ALSO SO MUCH SMOKE THAT THE ERROR WAS GROUNDED. ALL DAY LONG DROP AFTER DROP HELICOPTERS PUTTING OUT HOT SPOTS THAT CONTINUE TO POP UP MANY OF THEM FOCUSING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE FIRE NEAR RUNNING SPRINGS AIR ATTACK IS ESSENTIAL TO FIGHTING THESE FIRES. RESOURCES FROM ALL OVER THE STATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE ON THIS FIRE BY AIR AND ON THE GROUND CREWS ALL WORKING TOGETHER AGAINST BLISTERING CONDITIONS HOW ARE YOUR FIREFIGHTERS HOLDING UP RIGHT NOW THIS IS CHRIS PRATER WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S ART FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> I R CREWS ARE DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK OUT HERE THEY ARE BATTLING HIGH TEMPERATURES FORTUNATELY TODAY THE THUNDER STORMS HAVE STAYED AWAY AND ALL THE REALLY BATTLING IS A HIGH HEAT. THIS HE DOES WEAR ON THEM, BUT THEY'RE WELL TRAINED THEY STILL LOT WELL HYDRATED AND THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK PUTTING SOME OF THESE CONTAINMENT LINES AROUND THE FIRE. >> CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE PROGRESS ON SATURDAY, THIS FIRE EXPLODED SO HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY ON DAY 5. >> YES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THE WEATHER POST FROM EXPLOSIVE FIRE BEHAVIOR WE HAD DOWNDRAFT PUSHING THE FIRE IN ALL DIRECTIONS AND EVEN SOME DRY LIGHTNING TODAY WE'VE GOT A LITTLE REPRIEVE WITH THE LACK OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HOWEVER, WE SPOKE BUT HE HAS BEEN A LITTLE TROUBLESOME TO DEAL WITH. TOMORROW WE SHOULD GET AN INCREASE IN THE MARINE LAYER AND A DECREASE IN TEMPERATURES OF WHICH WOULD LOOK TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND REINFORCE SOME OF THESE CONTAINMENT LINES. >> THIS FIRE HOW SERIOUS IS IT NOW TO THE COMMUNITY HOW SERIOUS IT WAS IT ON SATURDAY AS IT WAS CHARGING UP TOWARDS THE RUNNING SPRINGS AREA WE'RE STILL TAKING THIS FIRE VERY SERIOUSLY FORTUNATELY YESTERDAY WE WERE TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON CONTAINMENT. WE'VE GOTTEN UP TO 3% THAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT TO PROTECT SOME OF THESE STRUCTURES, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OVER 36,000 STRUCTURES THREATENED WE'VE HAD NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION ANY OF THOSE IS REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK OF THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN DOING. AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM ALL OVER I SAW ELDORADO COUNTY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA VENTURA. >> OR OUT OF STATE FIREFIGHTERS AS WELL, YES IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WE HAVE CREWS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE RESOURCES FROM ALL OVER THE NATION AND WE STILL HAVE MORE ON THE WAY WE HAVE OVER 1700 PERSONNEL, CURRENTLY WORKING THE FIRE AGAIN WITH MORE COMING TO HELP ASSIST. OK SO FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS AREA, MANY OF THEM WERE UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM THEY WANT TO COME HOME, THEY NEED THEIR PRESCRIPTIONS. >> THEY LEFT THINGS BEHIND YEAH WE REALLY FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE KNOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO BASICALLY LOAD UP EVERYTHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOVE IN YOUR CAR AND LEAVE YOUR HOME BEHIND NOT KNOWING THE STATUS AFTER YOU LEAVE. >> WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL THE COMMUNITIES OF THE MOUNTAIN AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY AND OUR SUMMER THE AMOUNT COMMUNITIES. OKAY WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ME CAN YOU COME BACK HERE LIVE AND THEN ZOOM IN OVER TO THOSE FIREFIGHTERS OUT THERE CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THOSE HAND CREWS ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE DOING. YEAH WE HAVE MULTIPLE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE DOING A COUPLE OF THING THINGS ONE THING THAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CAN REESTABLISH IN SOME OF THESE CONTAINMENT LINES STRETCHING THEM WIDENING FIRE BREAKS. >> ANOTHER THING THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS PREPPED THEM TO POSSIBLY FIRE ON THE GROUND WHEN THEY DO THAT THEY'RE TO SYSTEMATICALLY TAKE OUT SOME OF THE UNDER AND FUELS SO THOUGH NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES. >> THOSE HOT SHOTS, HOW HOT. WHAT DANGEROUS HARD JOB. >> YES, THESE CREWS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AT LEAST 3 DAYS IT'S BEEN OVER A 100 DEGREES EVERY DAY AND SOME OF THESE TREES ARE GOING INTO AREAS WHERE YOU CAN GET TO BY DRIVING. THEY'RE BEING FLOWN IN THEIR HIKING MILES AND WITH DOZENS OF POUNDS OF GEAR ON THEM BEFORE THEY EVEN BEGIN THEIR WORK CYCLE. >> ANY IDEA OF WHEN PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK HOME. >> WE DON'T HAVE ANY ESTIMATE RIGHT NOW OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THE AREA SAFE BEFORE WE START TO REPOPULATE WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE STRUCTURES AND PROVIDE SAFETY FOR THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT FOR NOW YOU CAN CONFIRM FORWARD PROGRESS. NO WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIRMATION ON THE PROGRESS OF THE FIRE. BUT WE CAN'T CONFIRM THAT THERE'S EASIER STRUCTURES DAMAGED DESTROYED. OKAY CHRIS, THANK FR YOU HO