Bobcat fire continues to burn in Angeles National Forest

Blue Ridge Hot Shots crew members from Arizona join forces with firefighters from Northern and Southern California on a backfire operation north of Mt. Wilson on Angeles Crest Highway.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke and ash filter the sunset looking west from Angeles Crest Highway as the Bobcat fire continues to burn.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Blue Ridge Hot Shots crew members from Arizona help on a backfire operation on Angeles Crest Highway.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters continue to battle the Bobcat fire north of Mt. Wilson along Angeles Crest Highway.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Blue Ridge Hot Shots crew members from Arizona work on a backfire operationon Angeles Crest Highway.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

The Bobcat fire continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest as seen from the Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles on Sept. 21.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Horses are spooked by the approaching Bobcat fire on 106th Street in Juniper Hills on Sept. 18.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A resident flees as Bobcat fire approaches Cima Mesa Road in Juniper Hills.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A Joshua tree burns as the Bobcat fire rages in Juniper Hills.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A Super Scooper dives behind a house in Juniper Hills to make a water drop.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

The view from Big Pines Highway as the Bobcat fire continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A statue sits on top of a house that burned to the ground in Juniper Hills.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

A house on Cima Mesa Road in Juniper Hills burns Sept. 18 as the Bobcat fire continues to rage.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Mike Gregoryan is frustrated as he is asked to leave his home on Cruthers Creek as Bobcat fire closes in on structures.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A smokey sunset as the Bobcat Fire continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Bear Divide Hotshots cover a U.S. Forestry Department information center Sept. 19 in Wrightwood to protect it from the Bobcat fire.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A man riding a tractor evacuates Valyermo as the Bobcat fire burns Sept. 18 in Angeles National Forest.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Castle Snider, 8, looks on as flames from a control burn are used to reduce fuel near homes in Monrovia as the Bobcat fire continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A statue is left charred Sept. 19 after the Bobcat fire roared through Juniper Hills.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The LA County Fire Camp 9 hand crew rests on Big Pines Highway after working the north flank of the Bobcat fire near Mile High.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

LaVerne engine 761 arrives to offer defense as the Bobcat fire burns near homes in Monrovia.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A fire engine drives into air thick with smoke along Juniper Hills Rd. as the Bobcat fire advances north into the Antelope Valley.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Flames crest a hill a few miles from Juniper Hills Rd. as the Bobcat fire advances north into the Antelope Valley.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles County firefighters standing on outlook as they monitor the Bobcat fire burning in a canyon near the Mt. Wilson Observatory in Angeles National Forest.  (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

A helicopter fights the Bobcat fire burning close to Mt. Wilson Observatory.  (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

After spending night at camp Pasadena, firefighters Christina Terrazas, left, and Jason Van Vlymen have their breakfast standing next to their fire truck. Hundreds of firefighters from different agencies fighting Bobcat Fire in San Gabriel mountains above Arcadia, Monrovia and Duarte camp overnight in Santa Fe Dam Recreation Park in Irwindale.  (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Roland Pagan surveys the remains of his home on Juniper Hills Drive.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A plane makes a fire retardant drop in the Antelope Valley.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Road Runners hand crew from the Angeles National Forest walk single file as they head for breakfast at the Bobcat fire command post at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Park in Irwindale.  (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Flames from a control burn are used to reduce fuel near homes in Monrovia as the Bobcat fire continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Curious deer look on as firefighters watch the progress of the Bobcat fire as it continues to burn in the Angeles National Forest.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters look on from Sawpit Canyon as a controlled fire burns on a hillside overlooking the San Gabriel Valley.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters keep watch from an overlook on Mt. Wilson as the Bobcat fire burns in the Angeles National Forest near Pasadena.  (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

A Coulson 737 firefighting tanker jet drops fire retardant to slow Bobcat fire at the top of a major run up a mountainside in the Angeles National Forest.  (David McNew / Getty Images)

Los Angeles County firefighters, using only hand tools, keep flames from jumping a fire break in the Angeles National Forest north of Monrovia.  (David McNew / Getty Images)

Mormon Lake, Ariz. Hotshot Squad team member Jessy Twin looks over charred hillsides after clearing brush. Twin said his crew is on their sixth day of cutting line.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighting helicopter refills in a reservoir on Grand View Ave. as crews continue to battle the Bobcat fire.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A line of California fire engines head to the flaming Santa Anita Canyon as the Bobcat fire burns near Arcadia.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Claudia Alcaino walks her dogs along Highland Oaks Drive as crews continue to battle the Bobcat fire in the nearby Angeles National Forest.   (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A worker installs a street camera along North Azusa Avenue as smoke covers the sky from the Bobcat fire.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

The Bobcat fire continues to blaze in the mountains above Monrovia.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)