Photos:: Fast-moving fire on 15 Freeway engulfs vehicles, threatens homes

Small fires still burned in pockets of the Baldy Mesa area on July 18, 2015.

The North fire burned so hot it melted the glass like drops of paper on the dash of this old Dodge on July 18, 2015, in Baldy Mesa, Calif.

Blacken terrain and burned vegetation surround a dirt road after the North fire burned 3,500 acres on July 18, 2015, in Baldy Mesa, Calif.

Charred vehicles sit abandoned in the burned-out desert community of Baldy Mesa on Saturday, July 18, 2015.

A hotshot crew gets caught in a rain storm while dousing burning embers from the 3,500-acre North fire on July 18, 2015, in Baldy Mesa, Calif.

A firefighter douses hotspots as storm clouds loom overhead.

Melted metal from a tire rim flows to the ground after the North fire swept through the Baldy Mesa area, destroying cars and homes in its path.

Firefighters work to put out small patches of fire, remnants of the destructive North fire that swept through the Baldy Mesa area.

The fast-moving North fire, which struck Friday, July 17, 2015, in the Baldy Mesa area, left a string of burned-out cars and homes in its wake.

Denny Doyle, a family friend of the owners of a burned home, helps recover items in the charred remains of the house in the Baldy Mesa area.

The burned-out shell of a home and a car still smolder on July 18, 2015, a day after the fast-moving North fire struck the Baldy Mesa area.

A Morongo firefighter uses a hoe to break up burning embers.

Burned-out cars litter the charred landscape around the desert community of Baldy Mesa on Saturday, July 18, 2015, after a dangerous, fast-moving wildfire spread through the Cajon Pass on Friday afternoon.

The remnants of a burned house sit among the charred landscape around the desert community of Baldy Mesa on Saturday, July 18, 2015.

Combustible materials still burn on a property along El Centro Road in Baldy Mesa on Saturday, July 18, 2015, after a fast-moving wildfire swept through the area the day before.

Blackened desert vegetation dots the burned landscape around Baldy Mesa on Saturday, July 18, 2015.

Burned cars sit on the southbound 15 Freeway after a fire jumped the freeway, forcing people to abandon their cars in the Cajon Pass.

The melted shell of a big rig after the fast moving North Fire forced drivers and passengers to abandon their vehicles in the Cajon Pass.

Firefighters stand amid the smoking wreckage of cars on the 15 Freeway near Phelan, Calif. Dozens of people were forced to abandon their cars.

Burned cars sit on a car carrier after a brush fire jumped the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass.

A burned boat sits on the southbound 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass.

Firefighters at the intersection of Baldy Mesa Road and Mequite Street near the head of the fire in Baldy Mesa.

Southbound traffic backs up on the 15 Freeway near Victorville after a fire in the Cajon Pass shut down the main artery between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

A brush fire burns near Baldy Mesa in the San Bernardino Mountains after the blaze jumped the 15 Freeway.

The fire burns in the wilderness near the intersection of Baldy Mesa Road and Mequite Street in Baldy Mesa.

Firefighters use small headlamps at night to battle flames from the 3,500 acre North fire after it ripped through the Cajon Pass and headed north on July 17, 2015, in Baldy Mesa, Calif.

The aftermath of the brush fire that jumped the 15 Freeway in San Bernardino County.