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Big Sur Blaze Photos

Jose Escobedo, firefighter with the Glendale, Calif., fire department, gathers fire hose that was used during structure protection from the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur, Calif., on Monday, July 7, 2008. Officials said crews were burning out brush between the fire's leading edge and Big Sur's famed restaurants and hotels and cutting more lines to block flames from creeping down from ridge tops.

(Photo: AP/Monterey Cty. Herald, V. Fisher)