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• May 11: Chimneys are all that remain of a home in Avalon, as a wildfire that has consumed thousands of acres continues to burn near Avalon on Santa Catalina Island off the Southern California coast.
• May 10: A home burns in Avalon, Calif., on Catalina Island.
• May 10: Smoke from a wildfire rises over the California resort island of Catalina.
• May 10: This image provided by the Catalina Islander shows a wind-driven wildfire as it spreads over 400 acres on rugged Santa Catalina Island.
• May 10: Two women cover their faces as they watch as a wildfire approach Avalon town center on Catalina Island, Calif.
• May 10: Smoke from a wildfire rises over Santa Catalina Island in Southern California, pictured here at night.
• May 10: People wait to be evacuated after a fire broke out on Santa Catalina Island in California.
• May 10: Smoke from a wildfire rises over Santa Catalina Island more than 20 miles off the coast of Southern California.
• May 10: People wait to be evacuated from the town of Avalon, Calif., as smoke from a wildfire rises in the background on Catalina Island.
• May 10: People wait to be evacuated after a fire broke out on Santa Catalina Island in California.
• May 10: A raging wildfire approaches the town of Avalon on the Catalina Island , Calif.
• May 10: U.S. Navy petty officer Nagga Hazlipp, right, a hovercraft landing coordinator from Coronado Naval base near San Diego looks on as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's helicopter takes off from a helipad on Catalina Island, Calif.
• May 10: Smoke from a wildfire rises over Santa Catalina Island more than 20 miles off the coast of Southern California. The 400-acre wildfire erupted on Thursday, forcing evacuations just as firefighters were mopping up a blaze at Los Angeles' sprawling Griffith Park.
• May 10: A firefighting helicopter passes over a raging wildfire as it approached the town of Avalon on the Catalina Island, Calif.
• May 10: Veronica Pedroza takes her two children, 7-year-old Beatriz Pedroza, left, and 3-year-old Nallely Pedroza, right, to Cesar E. Chavez Park in Long Beach, Calif., to be processed after they were evacuated from Avalo on Santa Catalina Island.
• May 10: Smoke from a wildfire rises over Avalon on the California resort island of Catalina.
• May 10: A U.S. Marine helps unload Orange County Fire trucks from a military hovercraft on Catalina Island, Calif.
• May 11: Smoke pours from a fire on Catalina Island, Calif. At least 160 firefighters, aided by four water-dropping helicopters and three retardant-dropping air tankers, battled flames through most of Thursday.
• May 10: Resident of Avalon Sandy Romero holds Blanca at the Catalina Express Downtown Landing, in Long Beach, Calif., after being evacuated from Catalina Island and Avalon Thursday.
• May 11: Flames move up a hillside as a wildfire that has consumed thousands of acres continues to burn near Avalon on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.
• May 11: A California Department of Forestry fire truck is unloaded from a U.S. Navy hovercraft at Pebbly Beach heliport near the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, Calif. Dozens of fire engines from as far away as Fresno arrived through the night aboard giant military hovercraft from the Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton.
• May 11: Avalon, Calif., residents head to the harbor as they evacuate from Catalina Island as a wildfire rages in the hills above the tourist town.
• May 11: A military hovercraft loaded with California Department of Forestry fire trucks arrives at Pebbly Beach near Avalon, Calif., on Catalina Island.
• May 11: A sailing vessel stands offshore as a wildfire that has consumed thousands of acres continues to burn on the mountains near Avalon on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.