California Wildfires

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  • May 9, 2009: A thick marine layer in Santa Barbara, Calif., mixes with smoke from smoldering hot spots in the hills above Highway 154.
  • May 8, 2009: A helitanker drops fire retardant along mountain slopes in Santa Barbara, Calif. The 4-day-old blaze has spread to 3,500 acres. Containment is estimated at 10 percent.
  • May 6: A plane douses the hillside above Mission Canyon in Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 6: A home burns in Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 6: Smoke from the Jesusita fire is seen from De La Guerra Plaza in Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 6: A large smoke cloud shrouds the Santa Barbara Mission building as residents evacuate during the Jesusita Fire in the hills of Santa Barbara.
  • May 5: The Jesusita fire burns in the foothills above Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 5: The Jesusita fire burns in the foothills above Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 5: Resident Christopher Burns walks down Tunnel Road towards his home as a wind-driven wildfire burns in hills of Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 5: Two men fish in the Pacific Ocean as a wildfire rages in the hills of Santa Barbara, Calif.
  • May 5: A brush fire burns in heavy vegetation in the foothills north of Santa Barbara, Calif.