Singed Sunshine State

Dean Serencko, right, holds fianc

Jacqueline Pedercini looks over the fire-ravaged home that she shares with her fianc

Sifting Through The Ashes — AP Photo/John Raoux

Rachel Green, 11, looks through remains of the family home in Palm Bay, Fla., Wednesday, May 14, 2008. The house was destroyed by fires that also destroyed nearly 10,000 acres in Palm Bay and nearby Malibar.

A firefighter walks away from burning brush in the Oakmont Preserve subdivision in Malabar, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Wildfires continued to burn for a third day in Brevard County, in east Central Florida.

Firefighters battle a fire on Babcock Road in Palm Bay, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Investigators searched for one or more arsonists believed to have started nine wildfires that have destroyed or damaged about 100 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast, and crews continued to battle the blazes.

A firefighter battles a fire on Babcock Road in Palm Bay, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Wildfires went through the Palm Bay area over the last two days, destroying several homes.

Two automobiles destroyed by fires rest in the yard of a house that was untouched by the flames in Palm Bay, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008.

Dan Covey salvages what he can from his rented home in Palm Bay, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008, after wildfire swept through. The wildfires continued to burn Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses.

A helicopter drops water on a fire Monday, May 12, 2008, in Malabar, Fla.

A dining room set still stands in the shell of a burned out home in Palm Bay, Fla., after wildfires rolled through the area Monday, May 12, 2008. Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency as dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast.

A resident wets down a roof Monday, May 12, 2008, as brush fires surround homes in Malabar, Fla.

Jesse Royer of the Daytona Beach Fire Department puts sand on a hot spot from a brush fire in the Bayberry Lakes subdivision of which nearly 800 acres burned in Daytona Beach, Fla., Monday, May 12, 2008. Authorities ordered about 500 homes in the northwest part of the city to be evacuated. Officials warned that embers could fly more than a mile from the blaze.

An aerial view of wildfires in the Malabar, Fla., area Monday, May 12, 2008. Dry, windy weather fueled several wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast, driving hundreds of residents from their homes as firefighters worked to contain the blazes and protect property.

A fire approaches a business near US 1 as the firefighters start a back fire to stop the oncoming burn in Malabar, Fla. on Monday May 12, 2008.

Adrian Killins, right, of the Daytona Beach Fire Department, checks hot spots on a blaze that burned near homes in the Bayberry Lakes subdivision near LPGA Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Fla., Monday, May 12, 2008. About 800 acres burned in Daytona Beach by Monday afternoon.

A firefighter makes his way through brush to battle a blaze near the Bayberry Lakes subdivision in Daytona Beach, Fla., Monday, May 12, 2008. A five-mile stretch of LPGA Boulevard through Daytona Beach was shut down because the fire was too close to the road.

Rockledge Fire Dept. firefighters battle a house fire in Malabar, Fla., early Monday morning, May 12, 2008. The house was destroyed by the brush fires in the area.

Flames near homes on Smith Lane in Malabar, Fla., light up the sky Monday morning, May 12, 2008, as wildfires in central Florida forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

Brevard County firefighters battle a house fire in Malabar, Fla., early Monday, May 12, 2008. The house was destroyed by the brush fires in the area.

Firefighters John Reaves, left, and Lt. Dennis Bennewitz of the Rockledge Fire Dept. battle a house fire in Malabar, Fla., early Monday, May 12, 2008. The house was destroyed by brush fires in the area.

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