Photos: Santa Ana winds fan wildfires in California
May 2, 2013
A fast moving brush fire approaches a home in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County, California May 2, 2013. Southern California is under a high fire alert due to high temperatures and high winds. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRES/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant along a hill side near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. A wildfire fanned by gusty Santa Ana winds raged along the fringes of Southern California communities on Thursday, forcing evacuation of homes and a university while setting recreational vehicles ablaze. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Recreational vehicles burn at the Springs Fire in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County, California May 2, 2013. The wind-driven brush fire erupted beside a freeway northwest of Los Angeles on Thursday, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of hundreds of homes threatened as flames advanced on nearby subdivisions, a Ventura County fire official said. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A smoke plume is seen from a fast moving brush fire in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA/ )
A resident watches as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932848 )
A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant along a hill side near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Smoke billows from a brush fire near Camarillo Spring Road in Camarillo, Calif., Thuesday May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Ventura County Star, Ray Meese) ( Brush Fire )
Cars travel on the 101 Freeway as a wildfire burns in the hills nearby on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. Winds have made fighting the blaze, called the Springs Fire, more difficult and authorities have ordered some mandatory evacuations in the area. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932597 )
Ventura County Fire Sheriffs go door to door asking residents if they need any assistance as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932606 )
A bulldozer helps clear a hill near a fire in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Ventura County Fire Sheriffs go door to door asking residents if they need any assistance as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932626 )
Ventura County Fire Department and Sheriffs deploy for structure protection as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932652 )
A helicopter makes a water drop on flames as a wildfire burns along a hillside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
Residents watch as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932930 )
Residents watch as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932969 )
Residents watch as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932970 )
A firefighter coordinates evacuations as a fast moving brush fire approaches the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Residents watch as a wildfire approaches homes on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167932972 )
A fire fighting helicopter comes in to make a water drop behind some home threatened by a wildfire on May 2, 2013 in Newbury Park, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167933239 )
A smoke plume is seen from a fast moving brush fire in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA/ )
A fast moving brush fire approaches a home in the Newbury Park area area of Ventura County, California May 2, 2013. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter douses burned recreational vehicles after the Springs Fire burned through in the Camarillo Springs area of Ventura County, California May 2, 2013. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Plumes of smoke from a fast moving brush fire billow above the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Smoke from a fast moving brush fire billows in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A police officer walks to evacuate residents from a fast moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Police officers evacuate a resident from a fast moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter coordinates evacuations as a fast moving brush fire approaches the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A bulldozer helps clear a hill near a fire in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Joe Kiener stands in what was once the kitchen of his home Thursday morning May 2, 2013, in Riverside County, Calif. His home was completely destroyed as the Summit Fire rolled through his neighborhood late Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise,Kurt Miller ) ( California Wildfires )
Edison crews work to replace power poles damaged by the Summit Fire in the hills above Banning, Ca., Thursday morning May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Press-Enterprise,Kurt Miller ) ( California Wildfires )
A firefighter puts out a fire while the mobile homes are burning after after a blaze broke out during morning rush hour along U.S. 101 in the Camarillo area about 50 miles west of Los Angeles, May. 2, 2013, in Camarillo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) ( California Wildfire )
A fire vehicle stands by as a wildfire burns along a roadside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
Smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Reuben Ruiz makes a phone call as he watches the flames from a brush fire in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Ventura County Star, Troy Harvey) ( California Wildfires )
A strawberry farm catches on fire near the California State University Chanel Islands on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. Hundreds of firefighters are battling wind and dry conditions as over 6000 acres have already been burned northwest of Los Angeles. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167934759 )
A strawberry farm catches on fire near the California State University Chanel Islands on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167934761 )
An out of control wildfire burns in the hillside near an agricultural farm on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167935349 )
An out of control wildfire burns in the hillside near an agricultural farm on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167935350 )
An out of control wildfire burns in the hillside near an agricultural farm on May 2, 2013 in Camarillo, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) ( 167935351 )
A firefighter works to protect homes from a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
People near homes on Calle Del Prado watch a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The Springs Fire burns an agricultural storage area near Camarillo, California May 2, 2013. REUTER/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter works to protect homes from a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters work to protect homes from a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A woman braves strong winds to check on her daughter's home in the path of a fast-moving brush fire in the Newbury Park area of Ventura County May 2, 2013. REUTER/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A helicopter drops water on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
A helicopter makes a water drop on flames as a wildfire burns along a hillside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
Firefighters stand watch as bulldozers clear a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
Farmers drive their tractors on farmland off the Pacific Coast Highway south of Oxnard as smoke rising into the sky and fanned by strong winds ravage hillsides and canyons in nearby Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles on May 2, 2013. An eight-mile (13-mile) section of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) was closed from about 10 miles west of Malibu due the Camarillo Springs fire, the California Highway Patrol reported. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images ( 519424077 )
Farmers drive their tractors on farmland off the Pacific Coast Highway south of Oxnard as smoke rising into the sky and fanned by strong winds ravage hillsides and canyons in nearby Ventura County, northwest of Los Angeles on May 2, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images ( 519424514 )
Firefighters from Glendale, Calif., and Pasadena, Calif., stand watch as bulldozers clear a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
A bulldozer clears a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside near homes in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( APTOPIX California Wildfires )
A helicopter drops water on a hotspot over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
A helicopter makes a water drop on flames as a wildfire burns along a hillside in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( California Wildfires )
A Ventura County Firefighter drives near a hotspot as smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
Residents watch as a wildfire burns on a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
Farmers keep working as a wildfire on a hill burns in the background in Camarillo, Calif., Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) ( California Wildfire )
Smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
Smoke and fire billows over a hill near Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfire )
A firefighter battles to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. A wind-driven wildfire raging along the California coast north of Los Angeles prompted the evacuation of hundreds of homes and a university campus on Thursday as flames engulfed several farm buildings and recreational vehicles near threatened neighborhoods. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The Springs Fire rages along the Pacific Ocean north of the Ventura County Line May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The sun is tinted red from smoke plumes of the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The Springs Fire burns near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center and a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from The Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter walks the grounds as he protects the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter gestures as he and his colleagues battle to protect the Sycamore Nature Center from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter pulls along a hose as he battles to protect a CalTrans Maintenance Station and Fuel Depot from the Springs Fire near Pacific Coast Highway and the Los Angeles County Line at Malibu, California, May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter douses embers from the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter battles the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter monitors a flare up of the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A lifeguard tower stands on the beach at Point Mugu State Park as the Springs Fire burns on the nearby hillside May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A resident pulls a hose line to attempt to stop flames from spreading down the hillside as The Springs Fire pushes towards the coast near Camarillo, California May 2, 2013. REUTERS/Gene Blevins ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A brush fire burns at a shooting range on the beach at Navel Base Ventura County Friday, May 3, 2013. Santa Ana winds that sent a Southern California wildfire barreling to the sea have died but flames are still running through coastal canyons, threatening scattered homes and wilderness. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Firefighters stand on a bluff as the Springs Fire burns in the early morning near Pacific Coast Highway at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A fire engine is parked on Pacific Coast Highway as the Springs Fire burns in the hills at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The Springs Fire burns in the early morning near Pacific Coast Highway at Point Mugu State Park, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A fire engine drive past flames from the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter battles the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters battle the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A fire engine drives past flames from the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
The Springs Fire rages out of control at the Point Mugu Naval Base at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
A firefighter battles the Springs Fire at Point Mugu State Park May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn ( USA-FIRE/CALIFORNIA )
Firefighters in a fire engineer keep watch the wildfire at Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. The 15 1/2-square-mile blaze was only 10 percent contained on Friday, and the work of more than 900 firefighters, aided by air tankers, was just beginning. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) ( California Wildfires )
A brush fire burns a sign at a shooting range on the beach at Navel Base Ventura County on Friday, May 3, 2013. Santa Ana winds that sent a Southern California wildfire barreling to the sea have died but flames are still running through coastal canyons, threatening scattered homes and wilderness. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )
Firefighters in the fire engineer keep watch over the wildfire at Point Mugu, Calif., Friday, May 3, 2013. The 15 1/2-square-mile blaze was only 10 percent contained on Friday, and the work of more than 900 firefighters, aided by air tankers, was just beginning. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) ( California Wildfires )
Fire department personnel drive along Pacific Coast Highway near Point Mugu as a thick layer of smoke sits overhead during a wildfire that burned several thousand acres, Thursday, May 2, 2013, in Ventura County, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( APTOPIX California Wildfires )
A brush fire burns at a shooting range on the beach at Navel Base Ventura County Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) ( California Wildfires )