Southern California Fires

As embers and ash blow with the wild winds, a wall of flame watched by firefighters burns up the side of a hill along Highway 18 in Crestline.  (Karen Tapia-Andersen / LAT)

A statue is about all that is left of one of the homes destroyed in the Skyland Track area near Crestline. About 25 structures were lost in the areas of Skyland, Great View and Arrowhead Highlands.  (Gary Friedman / LAT)

Mason Bratcher, 8, digs through what is left of his grandparents’ house in the Del Rosa neighborhood of San Bernardino Sunday.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Carol Stalker looks at the remains of her burned house in the Del Rosa neighborhood of San Bernardino Sunday after a devastating fire roared through it.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

Shoes and clothes were placed outside an airport hangar in San Bernardino for displaced residents in need. A Red Cross shelter in the hangar provided food, clothing and a place to sleep.  (Geraldine Wilkins / LAT)

Khaleya Hart, 8, of Rialto, gathered clothing for her family of 11 who were staying at the San Bernardino airport shelter.  (Geraldine Wilkins / LAT)

The Murphy family from Lake Arrowhead — son Matthew, 23, father Shawn, 46, mother Dolores, 44, and daugther Melissa, 19 — left their home Saturday night and came to the Red Cross shelter at a San Bernardino International Airport hangar.  (Geraldine Wilkins / LAT)

Displaced residents gather for an announcement at a Red Cross truck in a San Bernardino International Airport hangar. The shelter provided food, clothing and a place to sleep.  (Geraldine Wilkins / LAT)

Mariah Robertson lies on her cot while her mother, Tanya, comforts her brother, Levi, at the Red Cross shelter in a San Bernardino International Airport hangar. The Robertsons left their Crestline home and came to the shelter on Sunday, after staying at a hotel Saturday night.  (Geraldine Wilkins / LAT)

A Ventura County firefighter sets backfires in brush along the 118 Freeway in Simi Valley on Sunday to keep flames from jumping the road and reaching a residential area.  (Wally Skalij / LAT)

A Ventura County fire department brush crew cuts a break next to flames that burned underneath homes along Yosemite Avenue near the 118 freeway in Simi Valley.  (Bob Carey / LAT)

With the heat too intense, firefighters can only watch as a fast moving wildfire heads toward homes in Devore on Sunday.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

A San Rafael firefighter turns away from the heat of approaching flames while protecting homes in Devore on Sunday.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

A San Diego firefighter waits for water in his line before joining in the fight to save a burning home in the Scripps Ranch neighborhood. Numerous homes burned to the ground as flames, fanned by high winds, moved rapidly from Ramona to the surrounding communities of Scripps Ranch, Mira Mesa and Alpine.  (Don Tormey / LAT)

A burned-out car sits amid the ashes of homes that burned to the ground near Handrich Drive in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch community.  (Don Tormey / LAT)

A San Diego police officer tries to hose down a house to save the one next to it in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch community.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

San Diego firefighters battle several burning homes in a neighborhood off La Colina Road in Scripps Ranch.  (Don Tormey / LAT)

Chimneys are all that is left standing in a neighborhood of San Diego’s Scripps Ranch community.  (Don Tormey / LAT)

Firemen try to save homes on Chamberry Street in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch area.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

A firefighter attempts to douse a burning garage on Chamberry Street in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch area.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

Firefighters watch a house burn on Chamberry Street in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch area. The home was so engulfed by flames it could not be saved.  (Lori Shepler / LAT)

A pickup truck sits in front of a burning home in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego.  (Don Tormey / LAT)

A San Diego fire vehicle leaves Pomerado Road near Avenida Magnifica in Scripps Ranch.  (Don Tormey / LAT)