Esperanza Fire - day 2

A California Department of Forestry fire truck protects a home as the Esperanza Fire, fanned by Santa Ana winds, continues to burn in Banning.  (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)

The Esperanza Fire burns 90 miles east of Los Angeles. Crews were working to hold the western edge of the fast-moving blaze.  (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)

A couple of state firefighters battle flames near homes in Banning, 90 miles east of Los Angeles.  (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press)

State firefighters move out from a flare up on Lamb Canyon Road south of Beaumont.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Crew works a hot spot along Lamb Canyon Road on the western front of the Esperanza Fire.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

A water dropping helicopter passes over the western front of the fire in Riverside county.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Ventura County firefighter Brett Taylor catches some sleep on top of a truck parked at a staging area in Beaumont.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Principal Emily Shaw answers phone calls at the Idyllwild School in Idyllwild.  (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)

A man and woman outside the home of fire Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser on Middle Ridge Drive the day after his death.  (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)

A flag flies at half-staff on Middle Ridge Drive, just a few doors from the home of fire Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser.  (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)

Roger Wood lowers the flag to half-staff at the Idyllwild School. A talent show at the school was postponed because of the deaths of four firefighters.  (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)

Josh McLean, 32, outside the Beaumont home of his younger brother, Jess, a firefighter who died while battling the Esperanza Fire.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Authorities use a helicopter to battle the Espinoza Fire in Poppet Flats by dropping water on the flames below.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Four U.S. Forest Service firefighters lost their lives in Banning trying to save the home pictured in the forefront.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Fire swept through Twin Pines on Thursday, leaving charred homes in its wake.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Ty Reddish, 26, visits his home, which was destroyed by the wildfire in Twin Pines.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Riverside County investigators carry the body of one of the firefighters killed while attempting to protect a home in the path of the blaze near Poppet Flats.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

U.S. Forest Service firefighters Hamilton James, left, Kenny Vaughn and Dean DeHeart pay last respects to four fallen colleagues at a makeshift memorial set up at Station 57 in Banning on Highway 243.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service in Shasta-Trinity kneel at a memorial for fire crew on Friday.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters keep an eye on flare-ups Friday along Highway 79 south of Banning.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A water-dropping helicopter tries to keep the Esperanza fire from cresting the ridge above Silent Valley on Friday.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)