The small building caught fire about 4.15pm local time after deputies fired several tear gas canisters. The fire spread rapidly and deputies did not appear to move from their positions.
A single gunshot was heard coming from inside the cabin before the blaze took hold of the building.
SWAT officers stood down and walked away from the building about 45 minutes after the cabin was fully engulfed, KCAL-TV reported.
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Waiting: Heavily-armed officers waited around
the corner of a cabin near the location where Christopher Dorner is
believed to be holed up
Up in flames: The cabin where Christopher Dorner was thought to be hiding out has been engulfed in flames
Surrounded: This cabin the building where
Christopher Dorner is believed to be hole up after shooting at game
wardens and wounding two sheriff's deputies
Gun battle: Dozens of heavily-armed officers are pouring into the region to surround the cabin where Dorner is pinned down
Big reward: Business leaders, police unions and
governments across Southern California have offered a $1million reward
for the capture of Christopher Dorner
Dorner, a combat-trained U.S. Navy reserve officer, shot two San Bernardino sheriff's deputies as he tried to make an escape from the cabin, but was driven back inside under heavy gunfire.
He then bailed out of the truck and fled through the mountains on foot.
Federal agents and San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies pursued him and engaged him in a gun battle, KCAL-TV reports.
Two deputies were wounded after Dorner ought refuge in the cabin.
The Los Angeles Times reports that Dorner wounded on deputy while shooting through a window in the cabin. He shot a second deputy after he threw a smoke bomb and tried to escape out of the back door of the building.
He was driven back by gunfire.
The deputies were heroically taken to safety after police threw smoke bombs of their own so they could obscure the roads so they could be driven to a waiting medical evacuation chopper in the back of a pickup.
Holding out: Officers used their SUV as cover as they took up positions around the cabin
Heavy equipment: Dozens of officers, troopers, federal agents and sheriff's deputies poured into the area on Tuesday afternoon
The standoff is taking place about 20 miles from the place where his truck was found in Big Bear
Dorner has been on the run since Thursday, when he allegedly killed a police officer and wounded two others.
Police engaged with Dorner after he reportedly robbed and tied up a couple in a remote cabin 20 miles from the town of Big Bear, California.
It is unknown how long Dorner held the pair hostage - though the incident could explain how he was able to survive the frigid, snowy weekend on the mountain.
He then stole their pickup truck - which is the vehicle that game wardens attempted to stop.
The encounter came six days after dozens of heavily-armed officers began scouring the rural area 100 miles outside Los Angeles.
He was reportedly hiding out in a campground in the middle of the national forest, far from where police found his burned-out truck on Thursday.
Dorner purchased scuba gear two days before beginning his alleged spree, it was revealed today.
The development comes as more than 9,000 sick fans have shown their support for the alleged murderer on a Facebook page.
In video footage shown below, Dorner, 33, can be seen purchasing the oxygen tanks at Sports Chalet in Torrance, California, on February 1.
Plotted: Christopher Dorner, who is seen here
during a training video filmed while a member of the LAPD, purchased
scuba gear two days before beginning alleged spree
Dorner, who was a Naval reservist, paid for the equipment in cash and appeared friendly towards the cashier, the surveillance footage shows.
The purchase further backs up how Dorner, whose online manifesto details how he planned to target the family members of LAPD cops who he feels wronged him, plotted out his revenge plot in advance.
Dorner, who the feds fear may have already reached Mexico, had allegedly tried to steal a boat in San Diego last week.
Surveillance camera footage of Dorner purchasing scuba gear
A Facebook page entitled, 'I support Christopher Jordan Dorner,' has sprouted up and more than 9,000 crazed fans have liked it.
'I love how the lapd says 'we will not stand for this reign of terror' when they are the ones acting like terrorists,' one commenter wrote.
Murdered: Riverside police officer Michael Crain died Thursday when Chris Dorner allegedly ambushed his patrol car
Veteran patrolman Michael Crain was ambushed last Thursday while his squad car sad at a traffic light. Dorner allegedly opened fire - killing him and wounding the rookie officer he was training.
Prosecutors on Monday announced that they have charged Dorner with Officer Crain's murder.
Dorner remains at large despite a massive police search and a $1million reward that was offered for his capture on Sunday. About 600 tips have come into the LAPD since the bounty was announced.
It was revealed on Sunday that Dorner received flight training when he served in the U.S. Navy and could attempt to steal an airplane to escape authorities.
Officer Crain, 34, was a decorated retired Marine Sergeant who was devoted to his wife Regina, ten-year-old son Ian and four-year-old daughter Kailyn, fellow officers said.
He coached his son's baseball team and dutifully attended his daughter's dance recitals.
Officer Joshua Ontko, who had worked as Crain's partner, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that the veteran patrol always knew how to defuse a situation and calm down agitated or aggressive people.
'He had a way of talking to people… and people listened to him,' Officer Ontoko said. 'What he taught me was that, half the time, people, no matter what their situation is, just want to be heard.'
Officer Crain was a SWAT officer who also trained rookies. He was with a 27-year-old trainee on Thursday night when Dorner allegedly pulled up to his squad car stopped at a red light and opened fire with an assault rifle.
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