Firefighters hose down hot spots along Lockwood Valley Road. The area was evacuated today as the Day Fire, which has burned for more than three weeks, grows into the sixth largest wildfire in California history. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
A doe and its fawn walk among burnt pine trees in Lockwood Valley. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
Tom Warner, 50, as he sits on the frame of his mother’s modular home, which burned to the ground. The Day Fire burned into Lockwood Valley and threatened several homes and structures off Boy Scout Camp Road. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
The Warner family inspects the burnt remains of the house. Tom Warner, 50, himself lost a modular home, two 8000-square-foot barns, several vehicles and outbuildings on his 385 acre ranch. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
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Tom Warner holds coffee mugs he recovered from his mother’s burnt home. Officials say it may take weeks more to fully contain the Day Fire. “You can’t ever relax,” said one firefighter. “All it takes is a shift in the winds and the fight is on again.” (Stephen Osman / LAT)
A bulldozer clears a fire break next to homes off Boy Scout Camp Road in Lockwood Valley. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
The Day Fire burned into Lockwood Valley and threatened several homes and structures off Boy Scout Camp Road. Water dropping helicopters were hindered by thick smoke. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
The fire dances dangerously close to a structure. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
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Another home is threatened by the advancing fires. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
Seventy-Five exotic animals, including Zebras, that are used in the film industry were evacuated from the 62-acre Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife ranch in Lockwood Valley. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
Harry, a 9 year-old chimp is comforted by his trainer Jeff Lee as he sits in a kennel in the back of a van waiting to take him to safe location. (Stephen Osman / LAT)
