Southland brush fires

Five pitbull-mix puppies, just a few weeks old, were rescued from the Lincoln fire in Montebello by Jaime Reyes and his wife, Rachel Rodriguez. The couple had been living by the Rio Hondo River for the last couple of months. The fire decimated the area and burned most of their belongings. The pups’ mother died in the fire and the couple are hoping to find homes for the dogs.

Firefighters spray water on a hot spot during clean-up efforts after a weekend fire ravaged the Montebello Hills area near the Rio Hondo River.

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter kicks up some dust while walking in the area burned by the Cabin fire off Highway 39 above Azusa on Monday.

A lone U.S. Forest Service firefighter scans the burned hills for potential hotspots from the Cabin fire on Monday.

Firefighters on Aug. 17 douse the ruins of one of the structures destroyed by the Warm fire.

Firefighters on Aug. 17 survey what’s left of six vacant structures at an abandoned rehabilitation facility on Lake Hughes Road that were destroyed by the Warm fire.

A DC-10 drops a load of fire retardant on the Warm fire near a ridge line above Lake Hughes Road on Aug. 17.

Alhambra firefighter Mike Martel puts water on a hot spot on Aug. 17 while cleaning up after a weekend fire that ravaged the Montebello Hills area near the Rio Hondo River.

Jaime Reyes, left, on Aug. 17 surveys the damage caused by the Lincoln fire in the Montebello Hills area while his wife, Rachel Rodriguez, holds three of the five puppies they were able to rescue. The pups’ mother died in the fire near the riverbed area where the homeless couple has been living.

Alhambra firefighter Mike Martel walks through smoke Aug. 17 while working to clean up after the Lincoln fire.

Firefighters work to clean up Aug. 17 after the Lincoln fire in the Montebello Hills area near the Rio Hondo River.

Firefighters hose down the smoldering ruins of a building at the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Center that was destroyed Sunday in the Warm fire north of Castaic.

A firefighter walks near the ruins of a burned building at the Warm Springs Rehabilitation Center north of Castaic on Sunday.

A firefighting helicopter approaches the smoke plume created by the Warm fire on Sunday.

A firefighting helicopter drops water on the Lincoln fire that broke out in Montebello on Sunday.

An air tanker drops flame retardant on the Cabin fire burning above Glendora.

Hundreds of firefighters and several helicopters and air tankers are battling the Cabin fire above Glendora.

Dozers clear fire roads as hundreds of firefighters continued battling the Cabin fire.

CalFire’s Puerta La Cruz hand crew negotiates a steep mountain along California 39 as the Cabin fire continued to burn Saturday.

An air tanker drops flame retardant on the Cabin fire Saturday morning.

CalFire’s Puerta La Cruz hand crew members on California 39, where firefighters continued their assault on the Cabin fire on Saturday morning in the San Gabriel Mountains.

Firefighters work to put out a backfire on California 39 above Glendora.

A fire above Simi Valley sends up a huge plume of smoke.

A helicopter makes a water drop on the Cabin fire above Glendora.

Firefighters work to put out a backfire on California 39 above Glendora.

A helicopter made an emergency landing alongside a reservoir.

A brush fire burns near homes in the Bridle Path neighborhood of Simi Valley.