Simi Valley-Bell Canyon fire pictures

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A resident waters down her roof as fire burns toward her home, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005, in Simi Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)



Firefighters battle a blaze in California in 2003. More than 3,000 firefighters were battling a wildfire roaring over a 6,800-hectare (17,000-acre) swathe of suburban Los Angeles, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)










A large group of kids watch the fires burning in their neighborhood near Ellesmere Way and Deerbrook Road in Oak Park, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005. Some 3,000 firefighters aided by aircraft attacked flames and protected ridgetop homes along the Los Angeles-Ventura county line, a rugged, brushy landscape west of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. (AP



Smoke from a wildfire in Simi Valley, Calif., is seen on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005. The wind-whipped wildfire grew rapidly north of Los Angeles, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations as firefighters worked under hot, dry conditions. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)






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A home that survived wildfires sits untouched in the Box Canyon area of Ventura County, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005.The wind-whipped wildfire grew rapidly north of Los Angeles, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations as


A helicopter makes a water drop along a ridge burning behind a home in the Bell Canyon area of southern Ventura County, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 29, 2005.The wind-whipped wildfire grew rapidly north of Los Angeles, threatening hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations as firefighters worked under hot, dry conditions. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)