Fires in Southern California (41 photos)

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The National Californian reserve, located in the hills of Los Angeles, raging forest fires, the largest of which - Station Fire - I had incinerated 56 66 hectares and almost 100 buildings and caused the deaths of two firefighters whose car went off the road and fell the canyon. All over the city people are evacuated, residents of Los Angeles suffer from thick smoke and ash flying into the air, causing the air in certain areas became unbearable. At the moment the fire was extinguished by 22%, and favorable weather to help the efforts of firefighters.

1. Smoke from the fire rose over Los Angeles on Monday, August 31, 2009. (AP Photo / Jon Vidar)



2. In this photo taken from NASA satellites August 30, 2009, visible smoke from a forest fire in Los Angeles. (REUTERS / NASA / GSFC / LaRC / JPL, MISR Team)



3. Fire, Los Angeles County monitors hot spots of forest fires August 30, 2009 in Acton, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



4. Backfire burning of houses in La Crescent, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



5. The car goes past a wall of fire in Acton, California, in the northern district of Los Angeles August 30, 2009. (REUTERS / Gene Blevins)



6. The deputy sheriff of Los Angeles County and city residents help evacuate horses against the backdrop of fierce fire on the hill above the town of Acton, California, on Sunday, August 30, 2009. (AP Photo / Dan Steinberg)



7. Seaplane «Martin Mars» clears the water, trying to protect the observatory on Mount Wilson, in the north-east of Los Angeles on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. At Mount Wilson is not only an observatory, but numerous television, radio and mobile platforms, serving the city. (AP Photo / Damian Dovarganes)



8. The hero of the American forest protection wipes the face during a break when fighting forest fires August 31, 2009 in Tuyunge, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



9. A huge cloud of smoke from forest fires over the California National Reserve, the fire goes west towards the communities and Sanland Tuyunga August 31, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)



10. Smoke, ash and fly ash in the air over the canyon from Highway №2 in the National Reserve of California August 28, 2009 near La Canada Flintridge, California. (AP Photo / Nick Ut)



11. Los Angeles can be seen on the horizon in the smoke from a forest fire in the north of the city of 31 August, 2009. (REUTERS / Freds Prouser)



12. Firefighters examine the burned area near Acton, California August 31, 2009. (REUTERS / Gene Blevins)



13. Firefighters are doing a break while extinguishing a forest fire in La Crescent, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



14. charred silhouettes of trees against the light from the flames of a forest fire August 30, 2009 in Acton, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



15. Fire photographs of tigers, which volunteers and workers prepared to evacuate from a shelter for wild animals «Wildlife Waystation» at the Small Canyon Tuyunga as forest fires came closer September 1, 2009. The shelter for wildlife in the mountain thicket outside the city contains a large number of tigers, lions, bears, chimps, cougars and other animals. (David McNew / Getty Images)



16. Smoke rises on a hill against the light from the flames of a forest fire in Acton, CA, August 30, 2009. (REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni)



17. 59-year-old Julie Garcia hugs his 19-year-old daughter Jesse on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, after her home was destroyed by a forest fire, which took place in the neighborhood Tuyunge, California. (AP Photo / Los Angeles Times, Irfan Khan)



18. Barely visible against the background of a helicopter huge cloud of smoke from a forest fire on the California National Reserve August 31 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)



19. Motorcycle lit a fire in the forest in the district of Most Tuyunga in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2009. (REUTERS / Gene Blevins)



20. Helicopter with water flies against the backdrop of the sun towards the residential area in La Crescent, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



21. Firefighter looks out firebreaks in the forest, which kept the fire in the Deukmejian Wilderness Park from spreading to the neighboring territory of La Crescent, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / LM Otero)



22. Two residents of La Crescent look at a forest fire, sitting on the roof of his house, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



23. Ted Hamm pours territory from a garden hose after the last in his garden forest fire August 30, 2009 in Acton, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



24. overhanging cloud of smoke rising into the sky as the promotion of forest fires in the west, to the Acton Agua Dulce and Sanland Tuyunga Aug. 31, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)



25. Firefighters are working at home, threatened by a forest fire in La Crescent Grendeyl, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / LM Otero)



26. Molten metal from the burned during a forest fire vehicle in the district Tuyunga, Los Angeles, California, on September 1, 2009. (REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni)



27. The cloud of smoke from forest fires rises near Mount Wilson in Los Angeles on Monday, August 31, 2009. (AP Photo / Hector Mata)



28. Firefighters go through the thick smoke from a forest fire 30 August 2009 in Acton, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



29. The sun sets in the sky red from the fire, wrapped in Los Angeles, California, on September 1, 2009. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP / Getty Images)



30. The deer goes on charred forest on Mount Gleason in the California National Reserve August 31, 2009 near Acton, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



31. Kindle Fire Backfire at the National Reserve of California near the suburb of Glendale on the outskirts of Los Angeles, September 1, 2009. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)



32. The reflection of the forest fires in Acton, CA, August 30, 2009. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



33. The small building is burning in the forest fire in the area of ​​the Grand Canyon Tuyunga in Los Angeles, California, August 29, 2009. (REUTERS / Gene Blevins)



34. Part of the hood of the car oplavilas forest fire in Tuyunge, Los Angeles, California, on September 1, 2009. (REUTERS / Mario Anzuoni)



35. The ruins of houses destroyed during the forest fire in the area known as the Grand Canyon Stoniveyl Tuyunga California in the National Reserve to the north-east of Los Angeles Tuesday morning of September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Reed Saxon)



36. Firefighters climb up the hill in La Crescent, California, on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)



37. Firefighters from the Federal Forest Management USA Tracking Backfire in La Crescent, California, August 31, 2009. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



38. Welcomes the Family McHenry fire helicopter «Sikorsky S64 Sky Crane» from a pier in a regional park Yukaypa. The helicopter flew for another portion of water on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Parents and son spent the night in the park, having received the order to evacuate from their own home. (AP Photo / Los Angeles Times, Don Bartletti)



39. The plane «DC-10", the Acting firefighter aircraft resets fireproof paint on a forest fire in the hills in Acton, California, on Monday, August 31, 2009. (AP Photo / Dan Steinberg)



40. Forest fire moves through scrubby thickets September 1, 2009 in Sylmar, California. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)



41. Firefighters watching the fire in the suburb of Glendale on the outskirts of Los Angeles, September 1, 2009. (MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images)

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