Photos: Wildfire in Tehachapi

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.
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A chimney is left standing in the burned ruins of a home in the 16000 block of Blackburn Canyon Road.
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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.
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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.
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A firetruck heads toward the blaze Wednesday in the Tehachapi area.
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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.
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A home sits undamaged amid burned brush as firefighters try to mop up the blaze which destroyed over 30 structures in the Tehachapi area.
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