Photos: Powerhouse fire destroys homes
June 2, 2013
The Powerhouse Fire, which started May 30, 2013, near an electricity-distribution station known as the Powerhouse, continued burning through Sunday, June 2, consuming 20,000 acres and burning five structures. (Photos by Gene Blevins/Los Angeles Daily News)
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
A local resident looks at his neighbor's two-story house fully involved in fire as the Powerhouse Fire entered a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
The Powerhouse Fire engulfs one of several homes as firefighters battled the blaze into a fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
A helicopter makes a water on the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Fire surrounds the lake as the Powerhouse Fire enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
A fire tornado is seen as it's formed by the fire's heat during the fourth day of the Powerhouse Fire early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
A local resident waters down his roof while the Powerhouse Fire rages around him early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
Firefighters continue battling the Powerhouse Fire as the blaze enters its fourth day early Sunday, June 2, 2013, in the Angeles National Forest near the Lake Hughes area. (Gene Blevins/L.A. Daily News) ( USA/POWERHOUSE-FIRE-DAY4 )
A burnt car at a burnt house in the 43300 block of Lake Hughes Road from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A chimney is all that remains of a house in the 43300 block of Lake Hughes Road from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A burnt house in the 43300 block of Lake Hughes Road from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A burnt truck in the 43400 block of Lake Hughes Road from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Lake Hughes resident Jonathan Pehrson(cq) walks the grounds of a burnt house on Newview Drive in Lake Hughes from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Lake Hughes resident Jonathan Pehrson walks by a burnt house on Newview Drive in Lake Hughes from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Pehrson's home survived the fire. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Burnt fire hoses at a burnt house on Newview Drive in Lake Hughes from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Lake Hughes resident Jonathan Pehrson holds a singed old photograph found on Newview Drive in Lake Hughes from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A handcrew attacks a hotspot on Lookout Road in Elizabeth Lake, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Melted fences on Elizabeth Lake Road from the Powerhouse Fire, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Flames from the Powerhouse Fire along Pine Canyon Road in Lake Hughes, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A sky crane makes a drop on the Powerhouse Fire along Pine Canyon Road in Lake Hughes, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
Flames blow horizontal from the Powerhouse Fire along Pine Canyon Road in Lake Hughes, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A helicopter sucks up water from Lake Hughes, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
A huge head of smoke billows from the Powerhouse Fire as seen from Elizabeth Lake Road, Sunday, June 2, 2013. (Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer) ( 0603_NWS_LDN-L-FIRE-MB )
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