Etiwanda fire chars more than 2,100 acres

Hot shot crews traverse the burned terrain while looking for smoldering embers on the second day of the Etiwanda fire in Rancho Cucamonga.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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)