FIRE NEAR RUNNING SPRINGS CONTINUES TO THREATEN 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF STRUCTURES AND THE AIRPORT FIRE THAT BEGAN IN ORANGE COUNTY STRUB UCO CANYON HAS NOW SPREAD INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY NEAR LAKE ELSINORE THE AIRPORT FIRE HAS NOW SWELLED TO MORE THAN 22,000 ACRES BURNING HOMES CARS AND BRUSH WE JUST HEARD FROM OFFICIALS A SHORT TIME AGO ABOUT THE PROGRESS BEING MADE KTLA IS KIMBERLY CHANG IS LIVE ABOVE LAKE ELSINORE WITH MORE KIM. >> HI YES LAKE ELSINORE RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE AND IF WE PAN OVER WE CAN SEE THE FIRE ENGINES THERE WE SAW FIREFIGHTERS LAYING HOSE EARLIER REALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS HOT SPOT AND THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE SEEN AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS GOING TO LAKE ELSINORE FILLING UP AND THEN COMING IN DOING THESE WATER DROPS HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT SMOLDERING ANY EMBERS THAT ARE HERE IN THIS AREA ARE PUT OUT BECAUSE THAT WIND CONTINUES TO CHANGE NOW WE DID HEAR FROM OFFICIALS EARLIER THAT THIS FIRE HAS NOW BURNED MORE THAN 23,000 ACRES WE WALK THROUGH ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS AND WE SAW HOMES AND CARS BURNED FIREFIGHTERS TOLD US TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES ARE ALSO BURNING COULD FALL AT ANY TIME SO JUST A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION UP HERE THE FIRE HAS DESTROYED AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HOMES IN THE HILLS OF LAKE ELSINORE. >> THE AIRPORT FIRE WHICH STARTED IN ORANGE COUNTY'S TO BUECHELE CANYON ON MONDAY HAS SINCE SPREAD INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS A WALL OF FLAMES SURROUNDING A CAMPGROUND IN LOS PINOS AND SURROUNDING AREAS, EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE CHANGE IN WEATHER OVERNIGHT SLOWED THE FIRE'S GROWTH AND EMPOWERED THE GROUND AND AIR FORCES THE FIRE DESTROYED SEVERAL HOMES IN ELK OR RESELL VILLAGE AND DECKER CANYON OFF OF OR TAKE A HIGHWAY YOU COULD SEE DOZENS OF SCORCHED CARS THE AREA WAS UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS EXTENT OF WHICH REMAINS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME AS IT IS UNSAFE FARRAR SUSSMAN TEAMS TO ENTER THAT AREA WE'VE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO MINIMIZE THE BUT SOMETIMES WE DO JUST NOT EVERY DAY WE CAN OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO CAPTAIN PAUL HOLIDAY WITH OC FIRE AUTHORITIES SAID THE WEATHER COOLED OFF SIGNIFICANTLY AND HUMIDITY HAS COME GIVING FIRE CREWS IN ADVANTAGE WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRESSIVELY ATTACK THE FIRE FROM THE GROUND AND AIR. >> FIXED WING AIRCRAFT AND HELICOPTERS WERE DOING WATER DROPS CREWS ON THE GROUND WERE WORKING ON CONTAINMENT LINES AND MOPPING UP IN NEIGHBORHOODS TO TRY AND PREVENT ANY MORE DAMAGE IT'S HEARTBREAKING PAUL KELLY LIVES IN THE CRESTA NEIGHBORHOOD MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HOMES BURNED DOWN HE ISN'T LEAVING JUST YET TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE STAYING PUT IN THE HOUSE. >> YES, BUT IF ANYBODY'S GOING TO GO I'M GONNA SEND THEM AWAY AND I'LL STAY BACK AND SO I GOT MY MOTORCYCLE, IF THE FIRE GETS REALLY CLOSE. IT'S EASY ENOUGH FOR ME TO GET OUT GET OUT 10 DIFFERENT WAYS ON NEED THE ROAD HE'S KEEPING A CLOSE EYE DURING OUR INTERVIEW WE SAW HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN SHIFT YOU THINK EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND THEN ALSO KNOW DEAD BRUSH CATCHES ON FIRE HERE RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOUNDS ACT. I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU SEE THAT THING AND JUST REAR UP AND IT WILL BE IT WILL BE BURNED AND SO BURNING THERE'S FLAMES NOW, YES EXACTLY SO I'M I CAN HELP WITH THAT. BUT THERE'S A LITTLE SMOKE OVER HERE I CAN KICK SOME DIRT ON IT INSTEAD OF THE WAY THE PROFESSIONALS BUT CAN HELP WITH THAT. OH GOSH WHEN YOU SEE THAT LOOK HOW FAST IT'S GOING UP RIGHT NOW EXACTLY SO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION WHERE YOU'RE AT AND THAT BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IF YOU'VE GOT SOME DEAD BRUSH LIKE. YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT THOSE AREN'T TREES THAT ARE CATCHING FIRE THAT'S OLD CHAPARRAL THAT'S ALREADY KIND OF DEAD IN THE LIGHT UP LIKE NOTHING. >> OFFICIALS SAID THE AIRPORT FIRE IS 0% CONTAINED, BUT THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS AND CREWS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.