Holy fire burns in Cleveland National Forest
An air tanker fights the Holy fire, which forced more evacuations of neighborhoods in the Lake Elsinore area Wednesday.
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The Holy fire on Wednesday approaches Lake Elsinore’s McVicker Canyon neighborhood, which is under mandatory evacuation orders.
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Two men monitor the Holy fire from a rooftop as it approaches the McVicker Canyon neighborhood in Lake Elsinore.
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The Trabuco Canyon home of arson suspect Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, stands untouched amid charred remains in his neighborhood.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Chris O’Neal, a video journalist from Laguna Niguel, is silhouetted by a smoke-obscured sun as a fire helicopter keeps an eye on the Holy fire approaching McVicker Canyon.
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The Holy fire reached very close to homes in a Lake Elsinore neighborhood forcing evacuation and deployment large air tankers.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The Holy fire burns toward homes in a Lake Elsinore neighborhood, forcing evacuation orders and the deployment of large air tankers.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting airplane flies over the Holy fire near Trabuco Canyon. Police arrested Forrest Gordon Clark, 51, on Wednesday on suspicion of arson related to the blaze.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Smoke from the Holy fire darkens the sky over the Glen Ivy Golf Club as the blaze burns on the mountain ridges around Corona.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest pushed closer to some homes Wednesday, prompting a new round of mandatory evacuations.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Lester and Blanca Fronk watch for planes fighting the Holy Fire in Lake Elsinore.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
U.S. Forest Service fire crews make their way to the Holy fire, burning on mountain ridges in the Cleveland National Forest near Corona.
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Bob Tyler clears his driveway covered by ashes from Holy Fire falling on his neighborhood of 11000 block of Kingbird Drive in Corona.
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A plane prepares to make a fire retardant drop on the Holy fire burning in Cleveland National Forest.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Heavy smoke from the Holy fire obscures the sun as a firefighting aircraft flies over the Cleveland National Forest on Aug. 7.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A plane drops fire retardant on the Holy fire burning in Cleveland National Forest above a home in Lake Elsinore on Aug. 7.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A plane drops fire retardant on the Holy fire burning in Cleveland National Forest above Corona and Lake Elsinore.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Riverside County firefighters monitor the Holy Fire burning in Cleveland National Forest above Corona and Lake Elsinore.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A man prepares to fish as smoke rises from the Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest in Lake Elsinore on Aug. 6.
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