View from inside the fires consuming California

Emil Lendof

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Jun 21, 2016

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A Los Angeles County fire helicopter makes a night drop while battling the so-called Fish Fire above Azusa, California. Reuters

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Firefighters battle an expanding wildfire at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California, on June 17, 2016. Getty Images

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Embers blow around firefighters, June 17, 2016 at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara,California. / AFP PHOTO / DAVID MCNEWDAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images

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Firefighters stand watch over the Sherpa Fire in the early morning hours of June 18, 2016. Getty Images

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The Sherpa Fire burns near Exxon Mobil’s Las Flores oil refining facility. EPA

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Embers fly around a firefighter with a hose, June 17, 2016 at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara,California. A fire in the Los Padres National Forest had expanded to two…

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Handout photo of a firefighter battling the Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara, California

A firefighter battles flames from the Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. in this handout photo taken and released to Reuters June 16, 2016. Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire…

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epa05372932 A handout picture released by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department on 17 June 2016 shows Lompoc City Firefighters in front of a wall of flames from the Sherpa…

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A firefighter battles flames from the Sherpa Fire in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. in this handout photo taken and released to Reuters June 16, 2016. Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire…

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Members of the elite Dalton Hotshots crew hike back to their truck at the end of a shift at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California, on June 18, 2016. Getty Images

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Handout photo of the so-called Sherpa Fire above Santa Barbara, California

A DC-10 aircraft drops fire retardant on the Sherpa Fire in the hills above Santa Barbara, California. Reuters

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