Southland brush fires

Burned hillsides surround a home in Calabasas.  (Michael Owen Baker / AFP / Getty Images)

City of Calabasas facilities supervisor Marty Hall looks at fire damage at the Calabasas Creekside Park Community Center in Calabasas.

A helicopter aids in the fight as fires broke out in the Calabasas and West Hills areas.

Fire crews battle flames in the Calabasas area.

A chopper helps battle flames in the Calabasas area.

A chopper helps douse brush fires in the Calabasas area.

Firefighters approach a brush fire in the foothills outside of Calabasas.

A water-dropping helicopter flies toward the Kittridge fire in Calabasas.

Firefighters douse brush in the foothills outside Calabasass.

Brush fires broke out in the Calabasas and West Hills areas and shut down southbound lanes of Interstate 15, south of Temecula Parkway, on Saturday.  (Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter rushes to battle flames in the Calabasas area.

A Cal Fire helicopter makes a water drop on a brush fire that closed Interstate 15 southbound for hours near Temecula Parkway on Saturday.

Hand crews look for hot spots after pink Foscheck was dropped on a brush fire in Temecula.