Brandon Hoefs, of Nebraska, a member of the Mid Plains Interagency fire crew, turns away from a wildfire as it nears the deck of a home on Partington Ridge Rd., south of Big Sur, Calif., Friday, June 27, 2008. Fire crews continue to fight the Basin Complex fire, which is burning in the Los Padres National Forest near the coastal town of Big Sur, one of more than 1,400 fires plaguing California.
Fire engines, mostly from Southern California, pour into a subdivision for structure protection as the Empire fire grows in Butte County, Calif., Tuesday, June 24, 2008. An electrical storm unleashed nearly 8,000 lightning strikes that set more than 800 wildfires across Northern California -- a rare example of "dry lightning" that brought little or no rain but plenty of sparks to parched forests and grasslands.
Firefighters take a break after saving the well known Deetjen Big Sur Inn just feet from a wildfire in Big Sur, Calif., in Monterey County, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Smoke from nearby fires fills the air for those walking around in downtown Chico, Calif., Tuesday June 24, 2008.
Smoke billows near a home, left, on top of a ridge at the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur, Calif., on Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Remnants of a fireplace and kitchen appliances are seen amidst the rubble of a small home burned in the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur, Calif., on Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Highway 1 is seen in the background.
Firefighters watch a wildfire burn in Big Sur, Calif., in Monterey County, Tuesday, June 24, 2008.
Ken Smith, a firefighter from the Valero Refinery, looks over an area as he does mop up work at a wildfire near Fairfield, Calif., on Monday, June 23, 2008.
One of 90 fires in Mendocino county burns within a few feet of a home in the Running Spring Ranch subdivision in the hills west of Ukiah, Calif. The 90 fires charred a total of 5,000 acres, fire officials said.
Capt. Todd Nelson, of the Sonoma Lake Napa Fire Dept., clears trees from a hillside in Mt. Madonna County Park west of Gilroy, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. The Whitehurst Fire has burned over 200 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy.
Firefighter Jesse Campbell of the Sonoma Lake Fire Dept. hoses down hot spots on a hillside along Hwy. 1 in Mt. Madonna County Park west of Gilroy, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008.
Jimmy Barrett, an inmate-firefighter, saws through part of a tree at a wildfire near Fairfield, Calif., on Monday, June 23, 2008.
Josh Smotherman of the Dixon Fire Department, left, and Ken Smith of Valero Refinery do mop up work at a wildfire near Fairfield, Calif., on Monday, June 23, 2008.
A burnt-out camel sculpture made of a fiberglass-like material, right, is shown near another camel that did not burn in a wildfire near Fairfield, Calif., on Monday, June 23, 2008.
Firefighters from Rio Vista and Travis Air Force Base douse hotspots near Green Valley, west of Fairfield, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008. Fire officials say there are 800 wildfires burning around California, sparked by an unprecedented lightning storm. The fires have burned a swath of Northern California from Big Sur to wine country to Hambolt County on Monday.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, center, reviews statewide firefighting efforts with officials Monday, June 23, 2008, while visiting the Wild Fire incident base camp at Lagoon Valley Regional Park in Vacaville, Calif. Wildfires were scattered around northern California on Sunday, many of them started by lightning, as crews farther south were close to containing a blaze that had forced thousands to evacuate.
A helicopter drops water ahead of ground crews fighting a wildfire near Green Valley, west of Fairfield, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2008.
Mitch Tomlinson, right, a manager at Orr Hot Springs, and friend Phylle Binder remove items from the spa after fire officials warned of an approaching fire in the heavily wooded hills west of Ukiah. Mendocino County had as many as 90 fires, charring a total of 5,000 acres, fire officials said.
Firefighters from Rio Vista, Calif., watch a helicopter drop water at a wildfire in Green Valley Calif., Sunday, June 22, 2008. The fire had consumed more than 3,500 acres in Napa and Solano county.
A DC-10 tanker drops fire retardant over a fire in Green Valley, Calif., Sunday, June 22, 2008. The fire has consumed more than 3,500 acres between Napa and Solano County in northern California.