Photos: Etiwanda fire chars more than 2,100 acres

Firefighters watch the progress of the Etiwanda fire as unpredictable winds feed flames over hundreds of acres.  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters cover their faces as smoke from the Etiwanda fire burns in the area along Banyan Street in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A brush fire burns near some homes along Indian Wells Place in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Residents evacuate on Macon Drive in Rancho Cucamonga as a wind-driven wildfire burns in the Day Canyon area.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Fire crews battle a brush fire at the front of the Etiwanda fire in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Jeannine McClendon takes photos of smoke billowing from the Etiwanda fire as she prepares to evacuate from her home in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Brian Vanstone of Riverside tries to keep his balance along a stucco wall as the Etiwanda fire burns close in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy races from home to home to evacuate residents on Macon Drive in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke from the Etiwanda fire billows behind homes along Scarlet Way in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

John Martinez carries his belongings in a garbage bag as he prepares to leave his home on Macon Drive in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter walks along Macon Drive in Rancho Cucamonga as smoke from a brush fire obscures homes and limits visibility.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A wildfire burns across a field of brush in the Etiwanda Preserve in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy patrols a roadblock as the Etiwanda fire burns along Banyan Street.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke rises from a brush fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest as seen from the parking lot of Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Patrice L. Roe / Los Angeles Times)

People watch the fast-moving Etiwanda fire in the San Bernardino National Forest from Haven Avenue in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Patrice L. Roe / Los Angeles Times)