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Photos: South fire swells to 700 acres in less than 24 hours

San Bernardino County firefighter Mathew Safdeye hoses down hot spots in Lytle Creek area
San Bernardino County firefighter Mathew Safdeye hoses down hot spots left by the South fire in the Lytle Creek area.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
By IRFAN KHAN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Tim Handman surveys damage to his property caused by the fast-moving South fire
Tim Handman surveys damage to his property caused by the fast-moving South fire that swept through the Lytle Creek area north of Fontana, leaving structures and motor vehicles charred.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
A vehicle destroyed by the South fire that swept the Lytle Creek area north of Fontana.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
San Bernardino County firefighter Mathew Safdeye sprays a cargo container left smoldering by the South fire.
San Bernardino County firefighter Mathew Safdeye sprays a cargo container left smoldering by the South fire.
(Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
A firefighter aims his hose at flames burning inside a house destroyed by the South fire
A firefighter aims his hose at flames burning inside a house destroyed by the South fire.
(Ringo H.W. Chiu/Associated Press)
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Jose Lamas and his daughter Astrid Covarrubias survey the charred debris of his burned-out home from the South fire
Homeowner Jose Lamas, right, and his daughter Astrid Covarrubias survey the charred debris of his burned-out home in the Lytle Creek area.
(Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP)
A vehicle and a home set aflame by the South fire continue to burn
A vehicle and a home continue to burn after the South fire swept through the Lytle Creek area.
(Ringo Chiu / Associated Press)

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Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan has been a staff photographer with the Los Angeles Times since 1996. He previously served as a freelance photographer for the publication beginning in 1989. Khan started his career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Pakistan and moved to Dubai in 1977, where he worked for an advertising agency and at a leading English newspaper. Khan’s assignments have taken across Southern California and the U.S. Internationally, he has photographed the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and war zones of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for coverage of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to semi-classical music of the Indian subcontinent and playing cricket on Sundays.

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