THIS HOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS THE LINE FIRE CONTINUES TO GROW AND MORE THAN 35,000 STRUCTURES ARE NOW THREATENED AS FIREFIGHTERS BATTLED THE FLAMES AND THE EXCESSIVE HEAT, KTLA ERIN MYERS IS LIVE IN RUNNING SPRINGS THIS MORNING WITH THE LATEST AARON GOOD MORNING TO YOU WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING. >> HI YOU TO GOOD MORNING. YEAH WITH THE STATE OF EMERGENCY THEY ARE BRINGING IN MORE RESOURCES. BUT OFFICIALS HERE TELL ME TODAY THEY ARE EXPECTING SOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS SAYING THIS FIRE IS VERY ERRATIC NOW WE'RE ALONG THE 3.30 NORTH YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN CHARRED RIGHT HERE BEHIND SOME OF THE GUARDRAILS ARE MISSING AND WE HAVE SEEN CREWS MAKING THEIR WAY UP TOWARDS RUNNING SPRINGS WHERE IT IS PRETTY MUCH A GHOST TOWN BECAUSE THAT AREA IS UNDER A MANDATORY. EVACUATION NOW FIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 17,000 ACRES AND WE DO HAVE SOME NEW VIDEO WE CAN SHOW YOU THIS IS FROM EARLIER THIS MORNING AND RESOURCES ONCE AGAIN THEY DO CONTINUE TO COME UP TO THESE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, BUT THE FIRE DID REALLY EXPLODE YESTERDAY AND THEY ARE EXPECTING THAT TO BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TODAY OFFICIALS SAY HAS SMOKE CLEARS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON FIRE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN. >> THEY TELL US THE SMOKE REMAINS A CHALLENGE FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH IS LIMITING ACCESS TO PARTS OF THE FIRE AND THAT LIMITED RESOURCES AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT HAVE HAMPERED FIRE CONTROL EFFORTS NOW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO LEAD TO NEW ADMISSIONS AND POTENTIALLY INFLUENCE ACTIVITY AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE FIRE. CREWS THOUGH DID MAKE PROGRESS IN THE NIGHTTIME HOURS DUE TO HIGHER HUMIDITY AND WATER DROPPING HELICOPTERS, THEY EVEN HAD A LITTLE RAIN YESTERDAY WHICH HELPED OUT, BUT THEY ARE PREPARED FOR ANOTHER TOUGH DAY WITH DIFFICULT TO RAIN EXTREMELY DRY VEGETATION. HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE THUNDERSTORMS. THE FIRE STARTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND HIGHLAND AND NOW THREATENS MORE THAN 35,000 STRUCTURES, A LEADING TO THESE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. >> I WAS HAS REALLY PANIC BUT I STRESS OUT SO I GET PANICKY THE SMOKE AND ALSO WHAT MADE ME MORE THE MOST SCARED WAS WHEN THE SHERIFF WAS YOU KNOW DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE SIRENS WARNING EVERYONE ABOUT THE EVACUATION MANDATORY EVACUATIONS. >> NOW THE AREAS IN RED ARE THE AREAS TORY EVACUATIONS RIGHT NOW THEY GO FROM CAJA DEL RIO TO HIGHWAY 38 INCLUDING GREEN SPOT ROAD NORTH. ALL UNDERDEVELOPED LAND EAST OF HIGHWAY 3.30 TO SUMMER TRAIL PLACE IN NORTH OF HIGHLAND AVENUE. THE AREAS OF RUNNING SPRING EAST OF HIGHWAY 3.30 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 18 THE COMMUNITIES OF RUNNING SPRINGS AND ERROL BEAR LAKE. THE AREA EAST OF ORCHARD ROAD TO CLOVER HILL FROM HIGHLAND AVENUE NORTH TO THE FOOTHILLS AND NORTH OF HIGHLAND AVENUE AND EAST OF PALM AVENUE TO HIGHWAY 3.30 EVACUATION WARNINGS. THOSE ARE THE ONES IN ORANGE IN EFFECT AREAS SUCH AS CEDAR GLEN LAKE ARROWHEAD CRESTLINE VALLEY OF ENCHANTMENT AND GREEN VALLEY LAKE. RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO HAVE EVERYTHING READY TO GO HAVE THAT BAG PACKED WITH INTO PORT AND DOCUMENTS FOOD WATER AND MEDICATIONS AND THEY DO HAVE EVACUATION SHELTERS AVAILABLE AT EMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN HIGHLAND AND AT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ANIMALS CAN BE TAKEN TO THE DIV OR ANIMAL SHELTER. BACK HERE LIVE YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT ONCE AGAIN OF THE AREA THAT HAS ALREADY BURNED SOME SMOKE STILL HERE AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME FIRE POPPING UP IN THE HILLSIDES AT TIMES BUT THEY DID SAY ONCE AGAIN THE FIRE DID DIE DOWN A BIT LAST NIGHT BUT THEY ARE EXPECTING IT TO PICK UP ONCE AGAIN TODAY SO DIFFICULT CONDITIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE SEEN CREWS MAKING THEIR WAY BACK UP INTO THIS AREA AFTER