Line Fire threatens thousands of homes: Monday 11 a.m. Team Coverage

BRACING FOR SWELTERING HEAT FIRST THOUGH LAUREN LYSTER LIVE IN IRWINDALE WITH AN UPDATE ON THE BRIDGE FIRE THAT IS BURNING IN THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST LAUREN. >> JAGLAND THIS FIRE HAS GROWN IN SIZE NOW TO MORE THAN 1200 ACRES AFTER STARTING AT 75 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THE COMMAND POST FOR THE BRIDGE FIRE AT THE SANTA FE DAN HERE IN IRWINDALE ANGELES FOR THE FOREST SERVICE IS IN CHARGE HERE LA COUNTY FIRE HELPING OUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VIDEO BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED THIS FIRE BROKE OUT OF FOREST SERVICE SAYS AROUND 00:00PM IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE AREA IN THE ANGELES GLENDORA MOUNTAIN ROAD AND EAST FORK ROAD WAS WHERE IT STARTED CREWS FIGHTING THE FIRE FROM THE AIR AND THE GROUND THE FIRE'S FOOTPRINT JUMPING FROM 75 ACRES TO 800 IN JUST A FEW HOURS NIGHT FLYING HELICOPTERS ALSO HELPING OUT ATTACKING THOSE FLAMES ONCE THE SUNSET NOW A COUPLE OF EAST FOR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED CAMP WILLIAMS WHICH IS A MOBILE HOME PARK CAMPGROUND AND THEN THE RIVER COMMUNITY WHICH IS AN ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER SO JOINING ME NOW TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS IS A LESS MIRALLAS SHE IS AT THE AISLE WITH THE FOREST SERVICE LESSON GOING TO HAVE YOU WALK OVER HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A VERY HOT FEW DAYS, WHAT'S AHEAD FOR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY TRY TO BATTLE THESE FLAMES ARE THE CHALLENGES AND WHAT'S WORKING FOR THEM. >> YES, SO AS OF NOW OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE FACING EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS AS WELL AS TOUGH STEEP TERRAIN WHERE THE FIRE PERIMETER ZACH. >> AND IT'S 0% CONTAINED SO A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AHEAD ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS OR ROAD CLOSURES OR THREATS TO PEOPLE. >> SO AS OF NOW OUR CURRENT EVACUATION, IT IS FOR THE SPORT RIVER COMMUNITY AND CAMP AND OF COURSE THE FOREST VISITORS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO EXPAND WHAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONTINUING WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THE FIRE AWAY FROM THE SOUTH AND WHERE IT'S GROWING. >> OKAY AND THEN HAVE THERE BEEN ANY INJURIES OR ANY BUILDINGS BURNED AT THIS POINT. >> AS OF NOW THERE'S NO INJURIES ANY STRUCTURES DAMAGED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING TO US WE APPRECIATE WE CAN THROW UP THERE ARE SOME ROAD CLOSURES TO TELL YOU ABOUT SO WE CAN PUT A MAP UP ON YOUR SCREEN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE ARE HIGHWAY 39 EAST FORK ROAD GLENDORA MOUNTAIN ROAD AND GLENDORA RIDGE ROAD. >> BACK OUT HERE LIVE THE FIRE AT THIS POINT IS 0% CONTAINED IT'S BURNING IN THE WHERE WE CAN'T EXACTLY ACCESS AT THIS POINT AND YOU MENTIONED AS YOU HEARD HEAT A BIG FACTOR FOR FIREFIGHTERS AS THEY TRY TO TAME FLAMES THAT THE LATEST LIVE HERE IN IRWINDALE I'M LAUREN LYSTER I'LL SEND IT BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE NOW CONTINUES WITH THE LINE FIRE BURNING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. >> THAT FIRE EXPLODED OVER THE WEEKEND TO MORE THAN 20,000 ACRES. KTLA FIVE'S JENNIFER GRANT LIVE NOW IN RUNNING SPRINGS WITH THE LATEST DETAILS JENNIFER. >> LU FIREFIGHTERS SAY THAT WE COULD SEE SOME MORE FIRE ACTIVITY UNFORTUNATELY OUT HERE IN THESE MOUNTAINS SINCE WE'VE BEEN OUT HERE WE'VE PLUMES OF SMOKE APPEAR ABOVE THE HILLSIDE WHERE RUNNING SPRINGS RIGHT NOW HELICOPTERS ARE FLYING AND DOING SOME DROPS THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS YESTERDAY. IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY TO SMOKEY OUT HERE AND ALL AIR ATTACK WAS GROUNDED NOW THIS FIRE STARTED THURSDAY IN WEATHER REALLY HAS PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN FANNING THESE FUELS WE'RE OUT HERE ON SATURDAY WHEN THE FIRE EXPLODED STARTED RACING TOWARDS RUNNING SPRINGS AND OTHER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES PUTTING THEM UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. IT WAS A MAD EXODUS. IT TOOK PEOPLE MORE THAN AN HOUR TO GET OFF THE MOUNTAIN USING THE 18 BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET OUT THE WINDS WERE ABSOLUTELY JUST WICKED THAT NIGHT BUT AT THE SAME TIME MOISTURE IN THE AIR AND THUNDERSTORMS CAUSE RAIN WHICH REALLY HAS HELPED DAMPEN THESE FLAMES, IT RAIN BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHEN I SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS AT THE TIME IT WAS ONLY A WARNING IN THE MILL CREEK AREA ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THIS FIRE WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE ABOUT 25 MINUTE DRIVE FROM WHERE WE ARE, BUT THEY SAID ONCE IT WAS MANDATORY, THEY WERE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET OUT, BUT SOME FEAR LEAVING THEIR HOMES BECAUSE ONCE YOU LEAVE AN EVACUATION ZONE, IT COULD BE DAYS BEFORE YOU CAN GET BACK IN. THEN YOU ALSO RISK THE CONSEQUENCES. >> BUT IT REMAINS WORKING HIM. GOT A ROD IN IT AND SAYS THIS IS HAVING TROUBLE WALKING RIGHT NOW I'VE OFF IN MY ARM, SO I CAN HELP HER BUT A MORE BUT WORSE THE WORTH STICKING AROUND. BUT THAT ALSO GET OUT. WELL WE DO HAVE TAKE A TEST. THERE'S NO WORD >> MORE THAN 35,000 HOMES HAVE BEEN THREATENED THERE ARE SEVERAL MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS AND WARNINGS IN PLACE THE GOOD NEWS, THERE IS SOME CONTAINMENT 3% OBVIOUSLY NOT A LOT BUT TO HEAR ANYTHING IS CONTAINED IN A LARGE FIRE LIKE THIS IS GOOD NEWS. RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF CREWS WORKING THIS FIRE AGAIN THIS FIRE STARTED ON THURSDAY AND ABOUT SATURDAY MORNING IT WAS AT 7,000 ACRES BY SATURDAY NIGHT IT WAS 17,000 ACRES THAT'S JUST HOW MUCH THAT WHEN CAN REALLY PLAY A ROLE IN FANNING THE FUEL 3% THOUGH IS OBVIOUSLY PROGRESS BUT THEY DO AGAIN HAVE AIR ATTACK TODAY, THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF CREWS OUT HERE FIGHTING THIS FIRE AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET A HANDLE ON IT. AT SOME POINT BUT STAY WITH KTLA, BRING YOU W