Andy Lore with the Rialto Fire Department works on a steep hill in Tehachapi. See full story(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Windmills and smoke fill the horizon in Tehachapi. See full story(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters from Azusa clear a fire line around the wildfire. See full story(Kirk D. McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Azusa firefighters watch a helicopter make a water drop onto the wildfire in the Tehachapi mountains. See full story(Kirk D. McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
Azusa firefighters walk back down the mountain after clearing a fire line around the wildfire. See full story(Kirk D. McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A plane drops fire retardant on a Kern County fire near Tehachapi as firefighters try to mop up the blaze, which destroyed over 30 structures. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A helicopter flies over burning timber on its way to drop water on a Kern County fire near Tehachapi. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
An inmate firefighter works near a hot spot burn while helping battle a wildfire near Tehachapi. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Inmate firefighters, part of Crew 19-5, based at Camp Julius Klein in Azusa, walk down a mountain as they deploy against a wildfire near Tehachapi. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Inmate firefighters clear brush, part of the effort to contain a wildfire near Tehachapi. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Inmate firefighters move into position in their battle against a wildfire near Tehachapi. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Bulldozers clear a line while fighting a wildfire near Tehachapi. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
A helicopter drops water on a hillside as firefighters try to mop up a blaze which destroyed over 30 structures near Tehachapi. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Jan Grantham surveys the damage to his brother’s 20 acres in Tehachapi on Wednesday morning. The home was saved but an outbuilding was burned in the blaze. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
A chimney is left standing in the burned ruins of a home in the 16000 block of Blackburn Canyon Road. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
William Lee walks past the remains of his vacation home and a truck. A fast-moving fire burned his home and 20 other structures in the Old West Ranch community southeast of Tehachapi. See full story(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A dog stands guard over a destroyed property after a wildfire blazed through in Tehachapi. The fire burned about 1,200 acres and destroyed at least 30 structures. Approximately 250 firefighters were battling the blaze. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
A firetruck heads toward the blaze Wednesday in the Tehachapi area. See full story(John W. Adkisson / Los Angeles Times)
Virginia Sheridan and her husband, William Lee, shovel dirt onto smoking pieces of wood at the remains of their vacation home. A fast-moving fire burned their home and 20 other structures in the Old West Ranch community southeast of Tehachapi. See full story(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A home sits undamaged amid burned brush as firefighters try to mop up the blaze which destroyed over 30 structures in the Tehachapi area. See full story(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
