Left to right, Brad Mack, Jim Espalin, and Dean Richens, of the Vernon, Calif. fire department try to rest on a bench in downtown Julian, Calif. after their all night battle to save the town from a wildfire, Wednesday Oct. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
Fire Battalion Chief Alan Biagi looks out over a vista and a huge plume of smoke on the next ridge in Running Springs, Calif., in the San Bernardino Mountains, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003. The San Bernardino range east of Los Angeles and the mountains of eastern San Diego County were the focal points in the long arc of wildfires that officials said Wednesday had roared across more than 608,000 acres --about 950 square miles, nearly the area of Rhode Island.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)