Images: California Wildfires
Nearly a dozen wildfires are raging across California, where hot, dry weather has exacerbated conditions caused by a record drought.
A Skycrane helicopter drops its load of water on the King Fire near Pollack Pines, Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The fire, which started Sunday has consumed more than 3,000 acres and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
A jet aerial tanker drops its load of fire retardant on a fire near Pollack Pines, Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The fire, which started Sunday has consumed more than 3,000 acres and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
This Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo shows a firefighting helicopter making a water drop over a wildfire at Bass Lake, Calif. Crews attempted to get better access to two raging wildfires in California that have forced hundreds to evacuate their homes on Monday. (AP Photo/YosemiteLandscapes.com, Darvin Atkeson)
This Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo shows fire as it approaches the shore of Bass Lake, Calif. Crews are attempting to get better access to two raging wildfires in California Monday that have forced hundreds to evacuate their homes. (AP Photo/YosemiteLandscapes.com. Darvin Atkeson )
Smoke from a wildfire rises into the sky near Pollack Pines, Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The fire, which started Sunday has consumed more than 3,000 acres and forced the evacuation of dozens of homes. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Firefighters work to put out fires and protect structures along Center Street Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Weed, Calif. The, fire driven by fierce winds, raced through a small town near the Oregon border on Monday, burning a church to the ground, damaging or destroying 100 homes and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,500 people, authorities said.(AP Photo/The Record Searchlight, Greg Barnette)
The Boles fire burns along a ridge Monday, Sept. 15, 2014, in Weed, Calif. The, fire driven by fierce winds, raced through a small town near the Oregon border on Monday, burning a church to the ground, damaging or destroying 100 homes and prompting evacuation orders for at least 1,500 people, authorities said.(AP Photo/The Record Searchlight, Greg Barnette)
Eric Collin, left, and Jenny Shakman embrace each other for the first time after their homes were burned to the ground along Black Bart Trail above Redwood Valley Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The fire burned several structures. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Kent Porter)
In this Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014 photo provided by YosemiteLandscapes.com, a DC-10 drops fire retardant over a wildfire at Bass Lake, Calif. Crews attempted to get better access to two raging wildfires in California that have forced hundreds to evacuate their homes, including one near a lakeside resort that destroyed nearly two-dozen structures. (AP Photo/YosemiteLandscapes.com, Darvin Atkeson,)
Firefighters douse flames from an outbuilding next to a structure that burned on Cedar Dr. in Oakhurst, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse)
A burned truck and smoldering ruins is all that is left of a garage near a house that burned on Cedar Dr. in Oakhurst, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse)
Volunteer firefighter and state Assemblyman Frank Bigelow of Madera County surveys the damage from the Oakhurst fire, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014, in Oakhurst, Calif., as two raging wildfires in the state forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said flames damaged or destroyed 21 structures. The Fresno Bee reports one neighborhood was hit especially hard, with several homes turned to ash and smoldering embers. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse) SUNDAY, SEPT. 14, 2014 PHOTO; LOCAL PRINT OUT (VISALIA TIMES-DELTA, REEDY EXPONENT, KINGBURG RECORDER, SELMA ENTERPRISE, HANFORD SENTINEL, PORTERVILLE RECORDER, MADERA TRIBUNE, THE BUSINESS JOURANL FRENSO); LOCAL TELEVISION OUT (KSEE24, KFSN30, KGE47, KMPH26)
A religious statue is almost all that is left from a home that burned to the ground on Cedar Dr. in Oakhurst, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/The Fresno Bee, Mark Crosse)
Collin Herman, of Healdsburg Calif., leaves a fire truck in Redwood Valley, Calif., Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The wildfire is one of dozens to recently rip through the state, which has been rendered tinder-dry by three years of drought according to The Press Democrat. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Kent Porter)
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