A fixed wing Super Scooper drops a load of water on smoldering brush as a Los Angeles County firefighter monitors hotspots below Scenic Ridge Drive in Chino Hills, just about the 60 freeway. A series of brush fires broke out along the 60 and 71 freeways in the Diamond Bar area. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter tries to land on a smoldering hillside to pick up a hot-shot crew below Scenic Ridge Drive in Chino Hills, just above the 60 Freeway. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A sky-crane drops a load of water on burning brush below Scenic Ridge Drive in Chino Hills, just above the 60 Freeway. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting aircraft makes a water drop near Diamond Ranch High School after a brush fire erupted along the Pomona / Diamond Bar border. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)