Against a backdrop of fire retardant, crews work on burned hills to achieve complete containment of a blaze burning in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita on Monday afternoon.
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Laboring under triple-digit temperatures, firefighters from Bear Divide Hotshots keep embers in check on scorched hills in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita.
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John Kafoury with the Orange County Fire Authority works to extinguish burning tree stumps in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita.
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Firefighters John Kafoury, left, and Matt Petro, right, with the Orange County Fire Authority climb into the brush looking for hot spots as they are part of a task force assisting Los Angeles County firefighters working to gain complete containment of a wildfire that is burning in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita.
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Firefighter John Kafoury with the Orange County Fire Authority breaking a sweat as he is part of a task force assisting Los Angeles County firefighters to put out hot spots as they try to gain complete containment of a wildfire that is burning in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita.
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As temperatures begin to climb firefighter Nick Spurlock with the Orange County Fire Authority waters embers of a wildfire that is burning in the Placerita Canyon area of Santa Clarita.
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Robert Hays, right, and John Kafoury firefighters with the Orange County Fire Authority hydrate after putting out hot spots of a wildfire in Santa Clarita.
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Firefighters battle a Santa Clarita blaze that was sparked by a car accident Sunday afternoon.
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Firefighters battle a fast-moving brush fire that scorched about 750 acres Sunday in Santa Clarita.
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Pasadena Fire Battalion Chief Tony Bagan watches his crew battle a fast-moving brush fire Sunday in the Santa Clarita area.
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A lone firefighter walks up a hillside laden with fire retardant Sunday in the Santa Clarita area.
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A firefighter puts out hot spots in the Santa Clarita area. The brush fire has burned hundreds of acres and prompted the shutdown of Highway 14 in both directions.
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A deer walks through a burned-out hillside in Santa Clarita on Sunday.
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Firefighters work on the Santa Clarita fire, which prompted some mandatory evacuations in the area on Sunday.
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Firefighters knock down hot spots in the Santa Clarita area.
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Firefighters walk up a steep hillside in 105-degree heat as they battle a fast-moving brush fire in the Santa Clarita area.
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