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Firefighters watch as the Powerhouse fire closes in around them at the Canyon Creek Complex sports camp during a fast run toward Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
Nearly 3,000 people from some 700 homes were under evacuation orders Monday as a wildfire north of Los Angeles kept growing.
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A firefighter watches from a rooftop as the Powerhouse fire closes in around the Canyon Creek Complex sports camp during a fast run toward Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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Firefighters prepare to retreat as the Powerhouse fire bears down on them them south of Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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A window frames the view of one of at least five structures destroyed or severely damaged in Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
Erratic wind fanned a blaze in the Angeles National Forest to nearly 41 square miles early Sunday, after fast-moving flames triggered the evacuation of nearly 1,000 homes in Lake Hughes and Lake Elizabeth, officials said.
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Yuccas catch fire south of Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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Lakefront houses near Lake Hughes burn in the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013.
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Flames rise near a firefighter south of Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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The landscape glows after the main fire front swept over in a fast run toward Lake Hughes, June 1, 2013.
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The ruins of a house destroyed in the fire smolders in Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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A firefighting tanker makes a slurry drop onto a 1,400-acre wildfire northeast of Castaic, Calif., May 31, 2013.
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Smoke fills the air around the smoldering ruins of houses destroyed in the Powerhouse fire on Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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Fire surrounds Lake Elizabeth during the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013.
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Firefighters retreat as the Powerhouse fire bears down on them south of Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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The ruins of a lakefront house destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolders in Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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A house near Lake Hughes burns in the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013.
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A night heron roosts over Lakes Hughes as the ruins of a lakefront house destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolder, June 2, 2013.
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A firefighter investigates a scene during the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013 in Lake Hughes, Calif.
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A firefighter pulls a hose as the Powerhouse fire makes a fast run toward Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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The ruins of a house destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolders in Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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Sparks fly from a hollowed tree burning within during the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013 near Lake Hughes, Calif.
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The ruins of a house destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolders in Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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Smoke rises from a forest burning in the Powerhouse fire near Lake Hughes, Calif., June 2, 2013.
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A house is spared from the surrounding burning forest during the Powerhouse fire in the early morning hours of June 2, 2013.
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A landscape glows after the main fire front sweeps over in a fast run toward Lake Hughes south of Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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Firefighters keep an eye on a potentially dangerous situation to avoid becoming entrapped by flame as the Powerhouse fire makes a fast run toward Lake Hughes, Calif., June 1, 2013.
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The Powerhouse fire surrounds the Canyon Creek Complex sports camp during a fast run toward Lake Hughes, June 1, 2013.
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A firefighter watches from a rooftop as the Powerhouse fire closes in around the Canyon Creek Complex sports camp during a fast run toward Lake Hughes, June 1, 2013.
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The ruins of lakefront houses destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolder on June 2, 2013 in Lake Hughes, Calif.
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The ruins of a house destroyed in the Powerhouse fire smolder on June 2, 2013 in Lake Hughes, Calif.
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A firefighter checks inside a structure as the Powerhouse fire closes in around the Canyon Creek Complex sports camp during a fast run toward Lake Hughes on June 1, 2013 south of Lake Hughes, Calif.
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