Looking at the blackened landscape from the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino) ( Southern California Wildfire )
A water tender makes his way back to the the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino) ( Southern California Wildfire )
An air tanker makes a drop on the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet, Calif. on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino) ( Southern California Wildfire )
The Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet pours smoke into the sky Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Dean Ness stands on Morris Ranch Rd. after he was ordered to evacuate from his home from the Mountain Fire near Lake Hemet on Tuesday July 16, 2013. The 14,200 acre forest fire near Idyllwild Calif., has caused Idyllwild and adjacent communities east of Highway 243 to issued mandatory evacuations for hundreds of homes Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Frank Bellino) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Smoke pours into the sky from the Mountain Fire near Idyllwild, Calif., Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Large parts of the Southern California communities of Idyllwild and Fern Valley were under evacuation orders with an estimated 300 to 400 homes affected, according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Jandrall. (AP Photo/Press Enterprise,Terry Pierson) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Phillip Canaday waters down his roof at his house on South Circle Dr. in Idyllwild, Calif. and points to smoke from the Mountain Fire Wednesday, July 17, 2913. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Onlookers stop and take pictures of a large mushroom cloud of smoke coming from the Mountain Fire near Idyllwild, Calif., Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Authorities asked for additional evacuations as the wildfire in the mountains southwest of Palm Springs rages on. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Deidra Wood evacuates her home with 3 dogs, one cat and a fish ahead of the approaching Mountain Fire in Idyllwild Calif., Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Some 6,000 residents and visitors in Idyllwild and smaller surrounding communities had to clear out Wednesday as the fire in the mountains southwest of Palm Springs surged in size and began burning toward towns, the U.S. Forest Service said. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
The charred remains of homes and trees are shown in the Bonita Vista area near Idyllwild, Calif., Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Large parts of the Southern California communities of Idyllwild and Fern Valley were under evacuation orders with an estimated 300 to 400 homes affected, according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Jandrall. (AP Photo/Press Enterprise, John Ashbury) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Idyllwild Vacation Cabins owner Martha Sanchez piles the last of her belongings into her truck as she evacuates Idyllwild as the The Mountain Fire burns closer to the city of Idyllwild, Calif., Wednesday July 17, 2013. Large parts of the Southern California communities of Idyllwild and Fern Valley were under evacuation orders with an estimated 300 to 400 homes affected, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Carol Jandrall said. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise, Terry Pierson) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Dustin Leadbetter,11, right, prepares to evacuate his home on South circle Drive in Idyllwild,Calif., Wednesday, July 17,2913 with help from family friend Mary Postel after mandatory evacuations were made as the Mountain Fire nears. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Dustin Leadbetter, 11, right, and Eric Gentry, 17 prepare to evacuate from their home from the Mountain Fire in Idyllwild CA, Wednesday, July 17 2013. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
Pat Moloney packs up to evacuate from his home on Saunders Meadow Rd in Idyllwild, Calif., as the Mountain Fire approaches the mountain town, Wednesday, July 17, 2013. (AP Photo/The Desert Sun, Richard Lui) ( Southern California Wildfire )
A home in the Bonita Vista area outside Mountain Center near Idyllwild, Calif., is shown reduced to rubble on Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Authorities in Southern California have issued evacuation orders for hundreds of homes as this wildfire approaches in the mountains southwest of Palm Springs.(AP Photo/Press Enterprise, John Ashbury) ( Southern California Wildfire )