A wildfire burns near homes during the Station Fire in La Crescenta, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.
Firefighters work a fire threatening houses in the La Crescenta section of Glendale, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.
A modified Martin Mars seaplane tanker aircraft drops water trying to contain a fire threat to a historic observatory on Mount Wilson northeast of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 01, 2009. Mount Wilson is home not only to the observatory but numerous television, radio and cell phone antennas serving the metropolitan area.
A firefighter works the line of a wildfire near Tujunga, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. A relentless Southern California wildfire raged Tuesday with 53 homes up in smoke, thousands more threatened and new rounds of evacuations as towering flames crackled close to neighborhoods on the northern and southern flanks.
A helicopter carrying water is silhouetted as it flies over a residential area during the Station Fire in La Crescenta, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.
Firefighters battle a wildfire in Acton, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009.
Flames continue to burn on a building that was destroyed by a fire that swept through the area in Auburn, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon consuming 250 acres and destroying a unknown number of homes and businesses.
In this Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009 photo, a wildfire burns behind a home in La Canada Flintridge, Calif.
Smoke billows from a fire in the foothill above La Canada Filintridge, Calif., fills the San Gabriel Valley, Saturday, Aug 29, 2009, as seen from Monterey Park, Calif. Wildfire threatened hundreds of homes in the foothill canyons near Los Angeles.
A large tanker drops slurry on a wildfire on the south east section of Gloria Fire in Soledad, Calif. on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.
The Vista Grande Hot Shots cut a fire line with hand tools in order to slow the advance of the Station Fire that is burning in the San Gabriel Mountains above the city of La Canada Flintridge, 20 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.
A firefighter stands a burnt area of the San Gabriel Mountains above the city of La Canada Flintridge, 20 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter drops on a hot spot during a wildfire, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, in the Rolling Hills section of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Los Angeles County fire officials say at least 2,000 people have been forced to leave their seaside homes in the upscale city.
A Los Angeles County fire helicopter drops on a hot spot during a wildfire, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, in the Rolling Hills section of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Los Angeles County fire officials say at least 2,000 people have been forced to leave their seaside homes in the upscale city.
Flames from a brush fire glow from a distance behind a home on Baytree Drive in La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. About 500 homes in La Canada Flintridge, a suburb just 12 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, were ordered to evacuate late Thursday as flames made their way slowly down from the San Gabriel Mountains, a Forest Service fire spokeswoman said.
Flames burn around a U.S. Forest Service fire station about five miles up Highway Two at the Angeles National Forest near La Canada Flintridge, Calif., Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. About 500 homes in La Canada Flintridge, a suburb just 12 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, were ordered to evacuate late Thursday as flames made their way slowly down from the San Gabriel Mountains, a Forest Service fire spokeswoman said.
A firefighting helicopter looks for hot spots after homes were destroyed by a fast moving brush fire that broke out in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.
Residents look on as a firefighting helicopter drops water on a fast moving brush fire that broke out in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.
A firefighting helicopter drops water after at least six homes were destroyed by a fast moving brush fire that broke out in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., shortly after 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009.
A helicopter flies through a smoke-filled sky over the San Gabriel Valley, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, near Monterey Park, Calif. Wildfires in the Angeles National Forest, northeast of Los Angeles, continue to burn as fire crews face another day of high heat.