Sand fire destroys movie and TV ranch

Derek Hunt, the owner of Sable Ranch, sits in an old car that was splattered with pink fire retardant as fire crews battled the Sand fire on the movie ranch.

A building and an old car were sprayed with pink fire retardant at the Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita as fire crews battled the Sand fire.

Dan Holloway, left, a safety officer with the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department, and Kevin Whitney, Sable Ranch’s manager, talk about the ferocity of flames that struck movie sets when the Sand fire tore through Sable Ranch.

A vintage truck sits covered in pink fire retardant at the movie ranch in Santa Clarita.

The set of “Utopia,” a reality show that aired on Fox in 2014, was destroyed when the Sand fire tore through Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita.

Cows mill about parts of the Sable Ranch that survived the Sand fire.