>> HENRY THANK YOU SEVERAL HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST IS THE AIRPORT FIRE SPREADS FROM ORANGE COUNTY INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY THE FIRE HAS NOW DOUBLED IN SIZE CHARRING MORE THAN 22,000 ACRES. KTLA IS CARLOS HERRERA IS LIVE THIS MORNING LONG SAID ORTEGA HIGHWAY IN LAKE ELSINORE WITH THE LATEST FOR US CARLOS GOOD MORNING. >> HI JESSICA GOOD MORNING AND YES, THAT CURRENT NUMBER ABOUT A 22,000 ACRES BURNED SO FAR BUT THAT NUMBER EXPECTED TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY WERE TAKE A HIGHWAY RAD THE BASE OF ABOUT A RIGHT EYE GRAND AVENUE OR SIEMERS SAID COUNTY FIRE CREWS AND WHAT THEY CALL STRUCTURE PROTECTION HERE AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNT ABOUT 4 MILES UP THIS ROAD. NORTH IN INTO THEM OUT AS A COMMUNITY. CALLED ALKER ISSO VILLAGE WHICH SUFFERED A LOT OF DESTRUCTION OVERNIGHT AS WE SAW A LOT OF ACTIVE FLAMES GET OVER TO SOME PICTURES TO SHOW YOU THE DESTRUCTION THAT COMMUNITY GOT THE BRUNT OF IT OVERNIGHT AFTER THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES JUMPED >> LIKE SURROUNDING US SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE IT GOT REALLY SCARY CAUSE. YOU KNOW THERE WOULD NO MORE EXIT. AND THE MORE, I MEAN DIDN'T FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW YOU JUST TO DRIVE THROUGH THE FLAMES TO GET TO THAT POINT. >> THE AIRPORT FIRE STARTED MONDAY AFTERNOON IN ORANGE COUNTY'S TRIBUNE CO CANYON FUELED BY THICK DRY BRUSH. IT MOVED IN A FEW DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO HOMES MORE THAN 600 FIREFIGHTERS ARE CONTINUING THEIR SUPPRESSION EFFORTS ON THE GROUND AS NUMEROUS HELICOPTERS AND AIR TANKERS TACKLE THE FAST-MOVING FLAMES FROM OVERHEAD THEIR MAIN FOCUS IS TO PROTECT THE DOZENS OF HOMES THAT ARE STILL IN DANGER. SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOTH COUNTIES REMAIN EVACUATED. MANY OTHERS ARE UNDER EVACUATION WARNINGS WHERE AUTHORITIES ARE ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO PACK THEIR BELONGINGS AND BE READY TO GO THOUGH WE'RE IN STORE FOR A FEW DAYS WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. FIRE OFFICIALS THIS MORNING SAY THEY DON'T EXPECT THE CONDITIONS TO HELP THEM GAIN CONTAINMENT. >> RIGHT NOW IN OUR SEASON. >> WE DON'T GET A LOT OF RECOVERY FROM HIGHER HUMIDITY. YOU KNOW SOME OF THESE FIRE AREAS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE FUELS DRY. TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR SURE FIRE SEASONS, I'M JUST REALLY STARTING NOW. >> OFFICIALS THAT DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAMS WILL BE OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW MANY HOMES OR