PHOTOS: Southern California wildfires

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La Crescenta

( Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / August 31, 2009 )

Robert Steffensen, 49, has lived in his La Crescenta house since 1975. He stands on his roof with a garden hose, trying to protect his home from falling ash. The Forest Service set a backfire to help protect the homes on this ridge from the sprawling Station fire.

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