Detwiler fire rages in the Central Valley

Firefighters from Apple Valley Fire Protection District help mop up residual fire after the Detwiler wildfire burned through an area outside of Mariposa.

The ruins of a residential neighborhood along Highway 140 lie smoldering after the Detwiler wildfire burned through the area outside of Mariposa.

Workers at Happy Burger Place clean up the restaurant in preparation to open the next morning at 6 o’clock after evacuation orders were lifted in Mariposa.

Fire climbs up a hill as the northern front of the Detwiler wildfire burns outside of Coulterville, Calif.

A home destroyed in the Detwiler Fire along Hunters Valley Road near Mariposa, Calif. The blaze has now burned more than 70,000 acres and is 10% contained.

Fire retardant is dropped on a side of a hill near Mariposa, Calif.

Plumes of smoke rise around Lake McClure, near Mariposa, Calif.

An ominous cloud of smoke could be seen east of Bear Valley, near Mariposa, Calif.

Marc Silva, left, Greg Bodnar and Mike Foster, firefighters from strike team 2800a from Monterey County, mop up hot spots in a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of Mariposa, Calif.

A home destroyed by the Detwiler fire along Hunters Valley Road near Mariposa, Calif.

A statue sits untouched at the doorstop to a home burned in the Detwiler wildfire in Mariposa, Calif.

A home burned down by the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, Calif.

Helicopters attack the flames in the hills behind the Idle Wheels Senior Mobile Home in Mariposa, Calif.

The Detwiler fire burns near a residential neighborhood in Mariposa, Calif.

Flames rise behind a vacant house as firefighters work to halt the Detwiler fire near Mariposa, Calif.

The Detwiler wildfire burns near the outskirts of Mariposa, Calif.

Smoke engulfs Old Highway Road, in Mariposa, Calif.

Firefighters monitor flames on the side of a road July 18 near Mariposa, Calif.

Firefighters monitor flames on the side of a road July 18 near Mariposa, Calif.

Firefighter Sam Goodspeed of the Nevada City Fire Department stares down the approaching flames of the Detwiler fire July 18 near Mariposa.

A firefighter sprays down flames July 18 near Mariposa.

Mike Wright sits in a lawn chair at his home July 18 as flames from the Detwiler fire approach the town of Mariposa.

A roadside memorial stands next to an area burned by the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, Calif.

A burned-out car sits next to a home that was destroyed by the Detwiler Fire in Mariposa, Calif.

A gas line continues to burn at a home destroyed by the Detwiler fire in Mariposa, Calif.

A chimney stands amid the burned-out remains of a house on July 18 near Mariposa.

Evacuees from the Detwiler fire at a Red Cross evacuation center in Oakhurst, Calif.

A real estate sign is surrounded by flames as the Detwiler fire rages on near the town of Mariposa.

The Detwiller Fire burns above Lake McClure near Bear Valley.

Animal control officers struggle on July 17 with a sheep while trying to evacuate the animal as the Detwiller fire burns nearby in Bear Valley.

An air tanker drops fire retardant while battling the Detwiller fire near Bear Valley.

Flames from the Detwiller fire rise over Highway 49 in Bear Valley on July 17.

A firefighter works to keep the Detwiller fire from spreading up a hillside near Mariposa on July 17.

A car burned by the Detwiller fire sits outside a leveled structure on July 17 near Mariposa.