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• Oct. 15: Pedro Villarreal, 53, center, Mariam Villarreal, 65, his wife, left, and their niece Lorena Medina, 36, rummage through the ashes of their former home, which was destroyed by a wildfire at the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge, in the Lake View Terrace section of Los Angeles.
• Oct. 15: Lorena Medina, 36, rummages through the ashes of the home that was destroyed by a wildfire at the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge, in the Lake View Terrace section of Los Angeles.
• Oct. 15: Mariam Villarreal, 65, views what remains of her former home that was destroyed by a wildfire at the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge, in the Lake View Terrace section of Los Angeles.
• Oct. 15: In this satellite image released by NOAA a giant smoke cloud is seen drifting west over the Southern California coastline caused by two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds on Oct. 13.
• Oct. 13, 2008: A firefighter battles flames at a mobile home park north of Los Angeles after intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire.
• Oct. 13, 2008: Flames roar down hillsides early north of Los Angeles after intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire.
• Oct. 13, 2008: Flames roar down hillsides north of Los Angeles after intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire.
• Oct. 13, 2008: A firefighter stands by as two mobile homes go up in flames north of Los Angeles. Intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California Monday and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire, burning mobile homes and industrial buildings and forcing the evacuation of eight patients from a nearby hospital.
• Oct. 13, 2008: Fire consumes a structure as fighters battle the blaze north of Los Angeles. Intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire early Monday, burning mobile homes and industrial buildings and forcing the evacuation of eight patients from a nearby hospital.
• Oct. 13, 2008: A firefighter walks by as flames consume a mobile home north of Los Angeles. Intense Santa Ana winds swept into Southern California Monday and whipped up a 3,700-acre wildfire, burning mobile homes and industrial buildings and forcing the evacuation of eight patients from a nearby hospital.
• Oct. 12, 2008: Firefighters with the Los Angeles unified command discuss tactics for battling a wildfire in the Lakeview Terrace section of Los Angeles. The firefighters backed by helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.
• Oct. 12, 2008: A water-dumping helicopter fills up at Hansen Dam in the Lakeview Terrace section of Los Angeles. Firefighters backed by helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.
• Oct. 12, 2008: A U.S. forest service firefighter battles towering flames burning along Little Tugunga Road, in the Angeles National Forest, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson says the blaze has charred up to 750 acres in the rugged area of Little Tujunga Canyon.
• Oct. 12, 2008: An aircraft drops a load of water on a wildfire, in the Angeles National Forest, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. About 450 homes were evacuated early Sunday when the blaze threatened homes in the vicinity of Kagel and Lopez canyons.
• Oct. 12, 2008: A U.S. Forest Service truck drives past flames burning along Little Tugunga Road, in the Angeles National Forest, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. A Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesperson says the blaze has charred up to 750 acres in the rugged area of Little Tujunga Canyon.
• Oct. 12, 2008: A wildfire rages in the Angeles National Forest.
• Oct. 12, 2008: Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle the wildfire in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles.
• Oct. 12, 2008: Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle the wildfire in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles.
• Oct. 12, 2008: A helicopter douses flames near a home as a wildfire rages in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles.
• Oct. 12, 2008: Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle a wildfire in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles.