Southern California Wildfires
Firefighting crews gather on highway 79, Monday, May 3, 2004, east of Temecula, Calif. California's 2004 fire season opened Monday with firefighters battling blazes across 5,000 acres. The largest was a 2,500-acre fire in the hills of Temecula, but five additional blazes were spaced far apart in parts of four counties where temperatures had climbed to 100 degrees.
Author: CBS News Staff
Credit: AP/Ric Francis
