Images: California wildfires rage on
Burned property at Hess Road and Highway 138 shows the devastation of the BlueCut fire in West Cajon Valley, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.
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The view from Highway 138 shows the smoke trails from the BlueCut fire in West Cajon Valley, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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Burned property at Hess Road and Highway 138 shows the devastation of the BlueCut fire in West Cajon Valley, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016.
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A structure along Highway 138 burns as a wildfire races through the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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Firefighters battle a wildfire in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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A wildfire burns in the Cajon Pass in San Bernardino county, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. The wildfire that began as a small midmorning patch of flame next to Interstate 15 in the Cajon Pass had by Tuesday's end turned into a 28-square-mile monster that burned an untold number of homes.
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Staff and regular customers of the Summit Inn attempt to retrieve valuables from the restaurant's safe on Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016 after the Blue Cut Fire destroyed the historic business on Tuesday in Hesperia, Calif. California's newest huge wildfire advanced on thousands of homes Wednesday, feeding on drought-stricken vegetation and destroying an untold number of structures as it expanded to nearly 47 square miles.
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Jason Atkins, left, a friend of the Summit Inn's manager, and Choppo Rios, the cook of the restaurant attempt to retrieve valuables from from the restaurant's safe on Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016 after the Blue Cut Fire destroyed the historic business on Tuesday in Hesperia, Calif. California's newest huge wildfire advanced on thousands of homes Wednesday, feeding on drought-stricken vegetation and destroying an untold number of structures as it expanded to nearly 47 square miles.
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