Lake fire in San Bernardino National Forest

The head of the Lake fire burns closer to Morongo Valley and Pioneertown as seen from Pioneertown Road in Rimrock on June 25.

An air tanker drops retardant on the hillside above Burns Canyon Road as the Lake fire burns closer to Morongo Valley and Pioneertown on June 25.

The windmills near the 10 freeway in Cabazon are framed by the smoke from the Lake fire.

A giant plume from the Lake Fire looms over a home off Burns Canyon Road in Rimrock Ranch.

US Dept. Of Forest fire crew Tahquitz march to their assignment clearing dead wood and bushes along Highway 38 while battling the Lake fire. A shift in winds caused a wildfire raging near Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains to push northward, spreading to 20,875 acres.

A giant plume from the Lake Fire hovers over a dinosaur exhibit off the 10 freeway in Cabazon.

Pioneertown-area residents check the Lake fire incident information board set up off Pioneertown Road as the fire burns closer to Morongo Valley and Pioneertown on June 25.

Mark LaMont, Idyllwild Fire, left, and Dan Felix of San Bernardino National Forest go over fire fighting plan along Highway 38.

Crawford Gunn, U.S. Forest Service firefighter from San Bernardino County, works to put out hot spots from the Lake fire Sunday in San Bernardino County.

A firefighter from the U.S. Forest Service monitors flare-ups along the Santa Ana River Trail while battling the 15,000-acre Lake fire in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Strike teams from Los Padres turn away from the heat of a flare-up while using backfires to battle the Lake fire near the Santa Ana River Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Strike teams light backfires to battle the Lake fire near the Santa Ana River Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest on June 20.

A firefighter monitors a flare-up on a ridge just off Highway 38 as the Lake fire continues to burn in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A Los Padres strike team firefighter keeps his head down from the heat of a flare-up while lighting backfires against the Lake fire in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A U.S. Forest Service spokesperson shows a search and rescue team the burn area of the 15,000-acre Lake fire near the Santa Ana River Trail in the San Bernardino National Forest.

J.P. Blair, 31, a senior firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service’s Big Bear Hot Shots, watches an uncontrolled fire line as it advances toward Highway 38 in the Big Bear area.

A pair of mallard ducks float by as a firefighting helicopter sucks water from Jenks Lake.

A fire helicopter scoops up water from Jenks Lake as it works to control flames in the Big Bear area.

Crews battle flames as they tear through long-standing trees in the Big Bear area.

Firefighters battle a drought-influenced blaze that has burned more than 11,000 acres in the Big Bear area.

A hot shot crew heads into the Heart Bar area to try to control the fire.

Hotshot crews from Mill Creek keep the Lake Fire from crossing a meadow into the Heart Bar Training Facility in the San Bernardino National Forest area of Angelus Oaks.

A helicopter drops water on the head of the Lake fire above Jenks Lake Road in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A hotshot firefighter from Mill Creek wipes smoke from his eyes as crews keep the Lake fire from crossing a meadow into the Heart Bar Training Facility.

A tall pine tree erupts into flames as hotshot crews from Mill Creek keep the Lake fire from crossing a meadow into the Heart Bar Training Facility.

Hotshot crews from Mill Creek keep the Lake fire from crossing a meadow into the Heart Bar Training Facility in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Firefighting helicopters get water from Jenks Lake while battling the Lake fire near Big Bear.

A firefighter watches an active portion of the Lake fire along Jenks Lake Road near Big Bear, where the fire has burned about 12 square miles in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A firefighter watches an active portion of the Lake fire along Jenks Lake Road near Big Bear.

A firefighting helicopter draws water from Jenks Lake in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A firefighter watches an active portion of the Lake fire at the Heart Bar Campground.

A firefighter monitors a portion of the Lake fire along Jenks Lake Road in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Palomar Hotshot Derek Codrey radios a dozer crew about the wall of flames coming up the ridge as the Lake fire jumps to 7,500 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Orange smoke fills the sky as the Lake fire burns more than 7,500 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest.

A water-dropping helicopter above Camp Ta Ta Pochon along Jenks Lake Road. The wildfire is burning near Big Bear in the San Bernardino National Forest and has grown to 10,000 acres.

The Lake fire burns along Jenks Lake Road in the San Bernardino National Forest.

Trees burn on a ridge as the Lake fire jumps to more than 7.500 acres.

The Lake fire burns along Jenks Lake Road in the San Bernardino National Forest.

The Palomar Hotshot crew heads to a ridge to work a containment line as the Lake fire burns more than 7.500 acres near Big Bear.

Crews from Cal Fire use shovels to stop approaching flames as the Lake fire burns close to Jenks Lake Road in the San Bernardino National Forest area of Angelus Oaks.

A deer crosses Jenks Lake Road as smoke and embers from the Lake fire get close to the road.

A firefighter from Cal Fire keeps an eye on approaching flames as the Lake fire burns in the San Bernardino National Forest area of Angelus Oaks.

A firefighter from Cal Fire douses approaching flames at the base of a giant pine tree as the Lake fire burns in the San Bernardino National Forest area of Angelus Oaks.

Fire crews gather along Highway 38 above Heart Bar Campground, where the Lake fire has grown to 1,500 acres Thursday and forced the evacuation of five summer camps.