Members of the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, CDF, fight a wildfire in Santiago Oaks Regional Park in Anaheim, Calif. Monday, March 12, 2007. The wildfire that whipped through neighborhoods of multimillion dollar homes likely foreshadows an intense wildfire season as Southern California emerges from an abnormally dry winter, firefighters and forecasters said Monday.
Homes in the Anaheim Hills are seen near a burned hillside scorched by a wildfire, Monday, March 12, 2007, in Anaheim, Calif. The wildfire burning among houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles was ignited by flames from a stolen car that was intentionally set ablaze during strong Santa Ana winds, a fire official said.
An estate home in the Pointe Premier enclave is surrounded with smoke from a wildfire burning in the Anaheim Hills area in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, March 12, 2007. Cool morning weather helped firefighters get ahead of a wind-driven wildfire that was threatening hillside homes.
A bronze statue of Jesus stands at a cemetery overlooking smoke from a wildfire burning in the Anaheim Hills area in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, March 12, 2007. Cool morning weather helped firefighters get ahead of a wind-driven wildfire Monday. The 3-square-mile blaze had damaged two homes was 80 percent contained by midmorning, up from just 30 percent early in the day, fire officials reported.
A firefighter takes a photo of a wildfire in Anaheim Hills near Orange, Calif., Sunday, March 11, 2007. The fast-moving brush fire scorched a parched hillside and crept into backyards Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
A California Department of Forestry helicopter makes a water drop on a brush fire burning close to homes on Avenida de Santiago in Anaheim Hills, Calif., on Sunday, March 11, 2007. The fire, burning among houses in the hills southeast of Los Angeles, was ignited by flames from a stolen car that was intentionally set ablaze during strong Santa Ana winds, a fire official said.
A firefighter races down Avenida De Santiago while helping fight a wildfire in Anaheim Hills near Orange, Calif., Sunday, March 11, 2007.
A helicopter drops water on a wildfire Sunday, March 11, 2007, near Anaheim Hills, Calif. A fast-moving brush fire scorched 1,000 acres of parched hillside and charred at least two homes Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
A brush fire burns up to Hidden Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
A rat crosses Hidden Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills as a firefighter directs a fire engine into position while fighting a brush fire on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
A wind-driven fire threatens homes in its path as it burns downhill towards the homes at the base of the ridge in Orange County, Calif., on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
A helicopter drops water on the front lines of a fire near Anaheim Hills, Calif. on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
A firefighting aircraft drop slurry on the front lines of a large fire near Anaheim Hills, Calif. on Sunday, March 11, 2007.
Residents in a neighborhood near Serrano Ave. and San Lorenzo Court watch as a helicopter drops water on the fire, Sunday, March 11, 2007, in Orange and Anaheim Hills, Calif.
A resident hauls a water hose up to his roof as a wildfire spreads across a hill behind his home on Sunday, March 11, 2007, near Anaheim Hills, Calif. The fast-moving brush fire scorched 1,000 acres of parched hillside and charred at least two homes Sunday, forcing authorities to evacuate more than 200 homes, Orange County fire officials said.
Firefighter Arthur Camerena battles a wind-driven fire which destroyed this outbuilding on Overlook Terrace in Anaheim Hills, Calif., Sunday, March 11, 2007.