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• Oct. 23: Firefighters watch a back fire on a hillside in Jamul, Ca.
• Oct. 23: A firefighting plane drops fire retardant on the hills next to Santiago Canyon Estates, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A firefighter works the Meadow Ridge Fire in Newhall, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A scarecrow and Halloween pumpkins are seen in front of a burning house at the corner of Highway 330 and City Creek Road in Running Springs, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Smoke rises from the hills in northeast San Diego County near Santa Isabel, Calif., at sunset.
• Oct. 23: Patricia Halpain holds her daughter Haley, 4, after being evacuated to the Steele Canyon High School in Jamul, Ca.
• Oct. 23: A wildfire burns a house in Running Springs, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Marilee Bishop, left, consoles her daughter Erica, 10, in a makeshift shelter in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart in San Bernardino, Calif. The Bishops are residents of the mountain town of Running Springs, which is being ravaged by a wildfire.
• Oct. 23: A wildfire burns a house in Running Springs, Calif., south of Lake Arrowhead.
• Oct. 23: David Jayne, of the Big Bear Lake Fire Department, fights a wildfire as a house burns behind him in Running Springs, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Vehicles including an antique car destroyed by fire sit in front of a widlfire-ravaged multimillion-dollar home in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: David Jayne, of the Big Bear Lake Fire Department, fights a wildfire as a house burns behind him in Running Springs, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A multimillion-dollar home is in smoldering ruins after a wildfire ravaged parts of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: A multimillion-dollar home is in smoldering ruins after a wildfire ravaged parts of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: A multimillion-dollar home is in smoldering ruins after a wildfire ravaged parts of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: A multimillion-dollar home is in smoldering ruins after a wildfire ravaged parts of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: A surfer rides a wave at Surfrider Beach as a helicopter heads to make a water drop, top left, on fires in the Santa Monica Mountains as fires continue to burn in Malibu, Calif.
• This photo provided by the European Space Agency ESA on Tuesday shows the Envisat's MERIS image, acquired on Oct. 22, of desert winds blowing smoke from wildfires in Southern California. Sand is visible being blown from Mexico's Baja California Peninsula over the Gulf of California to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
• Oct. 23: Homeowner Wes Bartow uses a garden hose to put out a spot fire as a fire crew gets ready while fighting a wildfire in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A charred hillside leads to a luxury home untouched by the wildfires in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Placer County strike team leader Kevin Wegener, left, talks to his team about changing weather conditions while fighting a wildfire in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A firefighter battles a blaze from atop his truck in Running Springs, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Georgetown volunteer firefighter Steve Hansen waits for a hose extension while fighting a wildfire in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A home is engulfed in flames from a wildfire in the Del Dios neighborhood of Escondido, Calif., north of San Diego.
• Oct. 23: Horses gather together in their stable as a wildfire burns next door in Modjeska Canyon along Santiago Road in Silverado, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Smoke and flames from the wildfire burn on several ridges around Modjeska Canyon in this view looking north on Santiago Canyon Road in Silverado, Calif.
• Oct. 23: David Watson, of El Cajon, Ca., watches a fire burn a hillside, after he was evacuated to the Steele Canyon High School in Jamul, Ca.
• Oct. 23: A San Bernardino City Firefighter sets a back fire on the Martin Ranch Fire Tuesday morning Oct. 23, 2007 in the northern part of San Bernardino, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Lines of fire spread along the Santiago Canyon hills Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Silverado, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A wildfire approaches a house on top of a hill in Modjeska Canyon along Santiago Road in Silverado, Calif.
• Oct 23: Witch wildfire left this burned home in its wake in San Diego County near Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
• Oct. 23: Burned homes surround an unburned home after wildfires in San Diego County near Rancho Bernardo, Calif.
• Oct. 23: A house on a hilltop burns in Modjeska Canyon along Santiago Road in Silverado, Calif.