Eric Limones of the South Santa Clara Fire District fights a wildfire as it approaches a home in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif., Friday, May 23, 2008. Calmer winds and heavy fog brought some relief Friday to firefighters working to rein in a wildfire that quickly consumed a dozen buildings in the Santa Cruz Mountains a day earlier. By dawn, the blaze was 20 percent contained after scorching 3,100 acres.
A kitchen stove sits amidst a burned out home off Summit Road in California's Santa Cruz County Thursday, May 22, 2008. A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control threatened several homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, closing schools and prompting some evacuations.
An air tanker drops fire retardant on the fire line along Summit Road on the ridge between California's Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County Thursday, May 22, 2008. Crews battling the wildfire got some help from the weather Friday as heavy fog and calmer winds allowed firefighters to get the blaze 20 percent contained by dawn.
A fire destroyed this house in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008. The blaze was first reported around 5:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
A sign to firefighters is left at an evacuated house near the fire line in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
A wildfire burns in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
A burnt shoe lies outside a home destroyed by fire in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Fire destroyed this house in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
A fireman looks at a home destroyed by a fire in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Ian McClelland, in blue, talks with a reporter as McClelland surveys the charred remains of his Maymens Flat, Calif., home in the Santa Cruz mountains Thursday, May 22, 2008. Gusty winds fanned the wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze.
Ron Hart with CalFire evacuates residents from Eureka Canyon Road on Thursday May 22, 2008, in Santa Cruz County, Calif., near the town of Corralitos.
Patrice Fagundes evacuates her home with her horse Roxie with other residents as a fast moving wildfire burned in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Fire rages on Eureka Canyon Road on Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Santa Cruz County, Calif., near the town of Corralitos. Gusty winds fanned a wildfire Thursday that burned several homes, forced evacuations and closed schools in the mountains of central California, where rugged terrain frustrated efforts to get a handle on the fast-moving blaze.
A fast moving fire is shown in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
A fast moving fire is shown in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.
Flames destroy a home on Ormsby Trail on Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Santa Cruz County near the town of Corralitos, Calif. Over 3,000 acres were reported burned with many structures threatened in the rugged Santa Cruz Mountains.
Flames destroy a home on Ormsby Trail on Thursday, May 22, 2008, in Santa Cruz County near the town of Corralitos, Calif. Over 3,000 acres were reported burned with many structures threatened in the rugged Santa Cruz Mountains.
Rebecca Henson cries on the shoulder of a friend after she was evacuated from a fast moving fire in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008.