Reduced To Rubble And Ash

The burned out interior of a destroyed home is seen through the windows Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in Running Springs, Calif. Nearly 1 million people have been evacuated across the Southern California region and over 1,300 homes have been destroyed as the fires continue to burn out of control in several counties.

This before-and-after combination of two photos shows a home on Horizon Court in Poway, Calif., as it burns Monday, Oct 22. 2007, left, and the charred remains of the same home Wednesday, Oct 24. 2007.

A trail of melted metal that oozed from the front of a burned out car is seen Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in Fredalba, Calif., after a wind-driven blaze swept through the area.

A ceramic figure is the only thing remaining at the site of a destroyed home Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, in Fredalba, Calif.

The remains of a home that was destroyed by fire smolders in Del Dios Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, near San Diego. The Witch Creek fire, which started outside of Ramona, Calif. has burned over 145,000 acres and destroyed numerous structures as fires rage across Southern California.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger observes destruction Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.

The remnants of a burnt structure lie on the ground Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, in Running Springs, Calif.

Homes burn at the Valley Oaks mobile home park along Reche Road, west of Interstate 15, Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, near Fallbrook, Calif. Santa Ana Winds pushed numerous major wildfires into communities surrounded by native Chaparral habitat and burned hundreds of homes.

The former QB Ranch Specialties store on Reche Road, west of Interstate 15, burns down Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, near Fallbrook, Calif.

A two-story home is reduced to a pile of embers after a brush fire swept through the Grass Valley area west of Lake Arrowhead, Calif. on Monday Oct. 22, 2007.

Rubble is all that is left of a million dollar home as strong, gusting winds push a wildfire through Malibu, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.

A San Bernardino county firefighter hoses down the remains of a burned home in Lake Arrowhead, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.

Fire burns in the hills in the distance, seen through a window of a home destroyed overnight in Carbon Canyon as fires continue to burn in Malibu, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.

Flames continue to burn in a home destroyed overnight in Carbon Canyon as fires continue to burn in Malibu, Calif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007.

Firefighters attempt to control a smoldering hillside Monday, 0ct. 22, 2007 in Malibu, Calif. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled out-of-control wildfires across California, threatening homes and stretching emergency services to breaking point.

Burned homes surround an unburned home after wildfires swept through the area in San Diego County near Rancho Bernardo, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007.

A stairway toward smoking heavens leads to the rubble of a luxury home in Poway, Calif., Tuesday, October 23, 2007.

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