Thousands remain evacuated as crews work to contain Airport, Bridge and Line Fire

PAT: DEVELOPING NEWS AT 9. DOZENS OF HOME TORCHED AND THOUSANDS STILL EVACUATED THREE MASSIVE WILDFIRES RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US I'M PAT HARVEY. JUAN: I AM JUAN FERNANDEZ, WILDFIRES HAVE SCORCHED OVER 100 THOUSAND ACRES, AND THERE IS LITTLE CONTAINMENT. >> HERE A LOOK AT THREE FIRES THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING, BRIDGE FIRE IN SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAIN, LINE FIRE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNT MAINS, AND AIRPORT FIRE IN OC AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE ON ALL OF THESE FIRES STARTING WITH TOM WAIT AT BRIDGE FIRE, NOW THE LARGEST IN THE STATE. HE IS IN WRIGHTWOOD. REPORTER: GOOD EVENING, WE SPOKE WITH RESIDENTS HERE, THEY SAY FIRE FIGHTERS SAVED THEIR HOMES, THEY STAVED OFF A MAJOR DISASTER, IF YOU SAW FLAMES LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. LOOK YOU CAN SEE SOME HOT SPOTS ON A HILLSIDE ABOVE TOWN, STILL BURNING, FIREFIGHTERS KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT, RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN AIM TO STAVE OFF SOME OF THE WORST FLAMES. IN CHARRED FOREST OUTSIDE OF WRIGHTWOOD, A HOME THAT FIREFIGHTERS COULD NOT SAVE FOR FAMILY HERE, A DEVASTATING CASUALTY OF BRING FIRE. WRITE -- BRIDGE FIRE, WRIGHTWOOD CALM THIS EVENING IN HAZE, SMOKE AND EERIE SILENCE. THE NAT NATIONAL CALLED IN TO HELP MANNING CHECKPOINTS IN AND OUT OF THE AREA, WHEN THE BRIDGE FIRE ERUPTED THIS CREW 12 SEEMS ITS SIDE IN A SIMPLE DAY. IN A SINGLE DAY, THE FIRE RIPPED THROUGH HOMES AND CABINS. >> WE HAVE ACTIVE FIRE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANYON. HEAT AND FUEL PRESENTS A REAL RISK. REPORTER: ON OTHER SIDE OF MOUNTAIN IN MT. BALDY, THE SCENE THERE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BRUCE, LOST HIS HOME. >> THIS IS H MYSELF -- THIS IS MY HOME. IT IS JUST, SAD. REPORTER: HIS NEIGHBORS HOUSE ALSO DESTROYED. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY 20 HOMES IN MT. BALI WERE BURNED BY THE BRIDGE FIRE. >> IT TOOK 20 MINUTES TO GET THAT FAR, IT WAS SO HOT. WIND WAS BLOWING AND WHIPPING AROUND. I WAS GETTING PELTED BY PINECONES AND BRANCHES AND DIRT, I GOT MY DOGS, AND THIS HAMPER AND GOT MY MEDICATION. REPORTER: THERE IS MORE GOOD NEWS, YOU LOOK LIVE AT THE FLAMES BURNIN ON SIDE OF THE HILL IT IS MUCH COOLER. 180 FROM 24 HOURS AGO. THAT IS HELPING THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND THERE IS NO WIND NOT WHERE WE ARE. IT IS STILL. CONDITIONS ARE MUCH BETTER, A SCARY SITUATION HERE IN WRIGHTWOOD, AND THERE AS YOU HEARD IN MT. BALDY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> TO LINE FIRE FOI FORCING EVACUATIONS IN PARTS OF BIG BEAR. JUAN: DESTROYING HOMES IN RUNNING SPRINTS COULD NICOLE COMSTOCK CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE. REPORTER: THERE IS SO MUCH SMOKE HERE. IN BIG BEAR. THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE IN TOWN UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS, AND WARNINGS, WONDERING WHAT IT MEANS, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW CLOSE THE FIRE IS GETTING TO BIG BEAR, AND IT, IT CONTINUES MARCHING IN THIS DIRECT, LAST UPDATE WE GOT. ALL HARD WORK THAT FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN OUT HERE, OVER PAST SEVEN DAYS ON-LINE FIRE HAS BEEN PAYING OFF. TONIGHT THEY HAVE GROUND CREWS HERE, AND BULLDOZERS CREATING A LINE AROUND PERIMETER, 6 HOTSHOT CREWS WHO ARE PREVENTING FLAMES FROM MOVING HERE TO BIG BEAR. SOON AS ONE CHINOOK TAKES OFF ANOTHER IS RIGHT ON ITS TAIL. THEY ARE DROPPING DOWN TO THE PARKING LOT HERE AT SNOW VALLEY SKI RESORT. FILLING UP WITH F FIRE-RETARDANT FOR A SUNSET FIGHT OVER LINE FIRE. >> YOU CAN IMAGINE, WITH THE FIRE HOW PEOPLE GOT, EVERYONE IS RUSHING IN TO GET THEIR LAST ESSENTIALS. MAKING SURE THEY HAVE GAS TO GET DOWN THE HILL. REPORTER: STEVEN MOLINA IS IN A EVACUATION WARNING BUT OTHERS IN EVACUATION ORDER, THE FIRE IS ABOUT 2 MILES OUT, STILL HEADED THIS WAY. >> I HAVE HAVE A LOT OF FOREST TO BURN. NOW RUNNING SPRINGS, THEY DROPPED A LOT OF FIRE-RETARDANT IN THE AREA. REPORTER: COVERED IN SOOT AFTER THEY CLAIMED OUT OF BURNED CANYON, THEY MADE MORE PROGRESS. LINE FIRE IS NOW 18% CONTAINED. AFTER BURNING OVER 36 THOUSAND ACRES. AND THIS THICK CEILINGS OF SMOKE HELPED PROVIDING SHADE OVER THE DRY VEGETATION. >> WE HAVE 2 OTHER DOGS AT THE HOUSE. >> THEY ARE DOING FINE. >> MANY PEOPLE, THOSE WITH ANIMALS DON'T WANT TO PACK UNAND EVACUATE UNLESS THEY SEEM FLAMES MOVING IN. SOME ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT LOOTING, THE NATIONAL GUARD IS HERE TO PROTECT THE TOWN. SPEAKING OF LOOTING ARE AT A MEETING TONIGHT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF SAID THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO CAME TO RUNNING STRINGS AND WERE LOOTING A HOME, THEY WERE ARRESTED AND THEY ARE IN CUSTODY. THAT ISING IN ADDITION TO SUSPECT WHO THEY SAY STARTED THE LINE FIRE, THE ARSONIST WHO IS ALSO IN CUSTODY, NICOLE COMSTOCK. KCAL NEWS. PAT: THANK YOU. >> SAD TO HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE LOOTING OTHER FOLKS, INVESTIGATE OR BELIEVE THAT THE LINE FIRE WAS INTENTION ALTHOUGH SET. A SUSPECT IS IN JAIL ON KCAL NEWS, OUR ROSS PALOMBO TALKED TO ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THE ARREST. JUAN: IN ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT FIRE IS SPREAD TO 23 THOUSAND ACRES, IN TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND BURNING MORE HOMES. PAT: GIO IS LIVE WITH LATEST. >> GOOD EVENING, SO MANY PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THIS FIRE, WE'RE AT ONE OF EVACUATION SHELTERS HERE. AS WE PAN TO LEFT, RED CROSS IS HERE TOWARD FRONT DOORS THAT ARE OPEN. WE'RE TOLD THEY HAVE FREE BREAK PAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. THEY ARE WAIT BE THEY CAN GET BACK HOME SOON. >> CREWS CONTINUE TO BATTLE AIRPORT FIRE IN ORANGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES FOLKS TAKE SHELTER HOPING FOR BEST. >> WE SAW THE FLOW OF FLAMES COMING OVER THE HILL. OVER LAKELAND VILLAGE. IT WAS NOT OVER ORTEGA HIGHWAY YET. >> GRAB WHAT YOU CAN AND GET OUT. I DID THAT. >> HIS CAR WITH HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, AND CLOTHES AND FOOD, NOW, THEY ARE ACCEPTING HELP PROVIDED HERE AT THE TEMESCAL CANYON HIGH SCHOOL. STICKING WITH PATIENCE AND SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR IS SUPPORT SYSTEM. >> IT IS A LOT. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT WE HAD PEOPLE COME TO THE SHELTER, THAT HELPED US. >> SOME NEIGHBORS, HAVE STAYED. NOT EVACUATING, WATCHING OVER THEIR HOUSE AND HIS FAMILIES. >> NOW IT IS ABOUT WAITING OUT THE WORST OF THE FIRE, HOPING SOON THAT WAIT WILL BE OVER AND IT WILL BE A REWARDING TRIP BACK HOME. >> WE HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUT THERE, THAT WILL GET US THROUGH THIS. >> I WANT TO ECHO SOMETHING TOM MENTIONED. WEATHER HERE HAS COOLED OFF, WE NOTICED HEAVY SMOKE. YOU CAN SEE THE BLAZE. THE WEATHER HAS COOLED OFF, THIS SOMETHING THAT FIRE OFFICIALS, MENTIONED WILL BE SIGNIFICANT MOVING FORWARD. IN FIGHTING THIS FIRE. THEY CITED COOLER TEMPERATURES SOMETHING THEY BELIEVE WILL HELP THEM. GIO INSIGNARES. >> THANK YOU, GIO. >> KCAL METEOROLOGIST EVELYN TAFT WITH MORE. >> THEY ARE UP THROUGH TOMORROW, WE HAVE THREE ACTIVE HOT SPOTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THEY HAVE BEEN WILDFIRES THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING IN ORANGE COUNTY TO THE I.E. AND LOCAL MOUNTAINS. STARTING TO COME IN TO HIGH DEZIST, YOU WILL SEE A MIX OF HOT SPOTS. NEAR RUNNING SPRINGS TO ANGELES OATS. CONTINUES TO WATCH FIRE WEATHER THROUGH TOMORROW. WE HAVE AN FEDERAL -- OFFICIAL RED FLAG WARNING ABOVE 2 THOUSAND FEET. WE'LL LOOK AT WHAT TO EXPECT AND TALK ABOUT AIR POLLUTION AND A CHANCE OF RAIN. THERE IS SAN OFFICIAL CHANCE OF RAI