San Bernardino County's Line Fire grows to 25,000 acres

Published: Sep 09, 2024 Duration: 00:03:17 Category: News & Politics

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>> ALL RIGHT BILL THANK YOU FOR THAT ANOTHER TENSE NIGHT FOR RESIDENTS IN THE PATH OF THE LINE FIRE BURNING OUT OF CONTROL IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS WONDERING IF THEY'LL BE THE NEXT ONES ORDERED TO EVACUATE. THE FIRE HAS ALREADY FORCED THOUSANDS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES AS IT RAGES ACROSS HILLSIDES COVERED IN DRY BRUSH. KTLA. SANDRA MITCHELL IS LIVE IN YUCAIPA WITH THE LATEST ON THE FIRE AND ALSO REACTION TONIGHT FROM SO MANY ANXIOUS RESIDENTS, THERE HI SANDY. >> HI KOREAN, YEAH, THE LATEST IS THE BIG BEAR VALLEY IS THE BIG CONCERN TONIGHT, 17,000 PEOPLE THERE NOW UNDER AN EVACUATION WARNING THE PROBLEM IS THIS FIRE IS MOVING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WERE ACTUALLY IN YUCAIPA YOU TAKE A LOOK BEHIND US YOU MIGHT ABLE TO SEE ON THAT HILLSIDE THERE THE FAINT GLOW THE FIRE NOW STARTING TO CREEP IN THIS DIRECTION. I TOLD YOU ABOUT EVACUATION WARNING IN BIG BEAR THAT IS FROM THE DAM TO CACTUS ROAD. THE FIRE AND WE JUST GOT THE UPDATE. A FEW MOMENTS AGO IS NOW AT 25,000 ACRES PLUS FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT THOUGH IT IS 5% CONTAINED NOT MUCH BUT IT IS 5% CONTAINED. HIGHWAY 38 IN YUCAIPA THAT >> THAT JUST REALLY KIND OF EXPLODED. >> PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, PULLING OFF THE ROAD TO WATCH THE HILLSIDES BURN THIS MORNING. I FELT GOOD GOING TO WORK I FEEL LIKE IT'S MOVING AWAY. >> AND THEN NOW I DON'T FEEL AS GOOD. FLAMES ROARING THROUGH 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THIS IS A LINE FIRE. >> MORE THAN 35,000 STRUCTURES THREATENED THOUSANDS ORDERED TO EVACUATE OR WARNED, GET READY TO GO THINKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GRAB BEFORE WE HEAD OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW. >> GOT EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED BECAUSE IT'S IT'S TAKEN OFF PRETTY A PRETTY GOOD. WE FOUND CARISSA TROXELL AND MARY FISHER AND THEIR TRUCK IN YUCAIPA WATCHING AS THE FIRE MOVED IN THE DIRECTION OF THEIR HOME THEY'RE ALREADY PACKED SO ALL OF OUR LAKE IMPORTANT PAPERWORK IS ALL TOGETHER AND STUFF LIKE THAT THE CUTS ARE READY TO GO IF WE NEED THE HORSE WE'VE GOT THE TRAILER ALL THAT UP AND STUFF LIKE NOT JUST PEOPLE THERE ARE PETS THAT NEED TO BE EVACUATED, INCLUDING HORSES AND PIGS BUDDY. >> EXTREME TEMPERATURES AND RUGGED TERRAIN MAKING THIS REALLY DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRE ALSO IS BURNING WILDLY OUT OF CONTROL IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS EVERY TIME I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN. >> IT SPREAD THE FIREFIGHTERS OUT SO BAD AND IT JUST KEEPS >> ALL RIGHT AND WE'VE GOT SOME SCHOOL CLOSURES TO TELL YOU ABOUT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF FIRE BUT BECAUSE THE AIR QUALITY AT OUT HERE IS SO POOR BEAR VALLEY, REAL TOW UNIFIED REDLANDS UNIFIED RIM OF THE WORLD UNIFIED YUCAIPA CALIMESA IN SAN BERNARDINO BONNIE ALL ELEMENTARY AND SERRANO MIDDLE SCHOOL ALL CLOSE TOMORROW'S ALSO WE KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD NOW HAS BEEN DEPLOYED THEY WILL BE ARRIVING HERE TOMORROW, THEY'LL BE ASSISTING WITH THE ROAD CLOSURES AND

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