Fighting the Heat on Two Fronts

Angel Carrilo 39, and his wife Lilly Monroy 36, of Sun Valley cool of in Tujunga Wash north of Sunland.  (Stephen Osman / LAT)

Group of children play in the water in Tujunga Wash north of Sunland.  (Stephen Osman / LAT)

Residents of Pioneertown survey the damage caused by a brush fire that has been burning since last Tuesday.  (Javier Manzano / LAT)

Residents of White Water, California, (left to right) 18-year-old Tiffany Cunningham, 16-year-old Tamoya Williams and 9-year-old Brianna Pollard watch fire-department helicopters unload fire-retardant.  (Javier Manzano / LAT)

Chris Terres and his 12-year-old step-daugther Darian Wolf survey what’s left of her neighbor’s house as she looks for her friend’s cat.  (Javier Manzano / LAT)

12-year-old Darian Wolf looks for her friend’s cat. She used to look after their pets and fortunately they saw the cat earlier this morning.  (Javier Manzano / LAT)

The San Bernardino County coroner’s van carries the body of Jerry Guthrie who was found on the scorched hill above his home in Pioneertown.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

An airtanker flys through the dense smoke as the Sawtooth Fire gathers strength off Highway 62 in Desert Hot Springs.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

Amex Tessay, from the Fort Apache fire crew of Arizona, rakes out hot spots in Morongo Valley.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

The historic area of Pioneertown was hit hard by the Sawtooth Fire. The close-knit community lost many homes.  (Gina Ferazzi / LAT)

A burned sports utility vehicle sits in a lot in Pioneertown, Calif.  (Jae C. Hong / AP)

A Kern County firefighter works on a back fire off of Highway 223 near Bakersfield, Calif.  (Casey Christie / AP)

Flames from the Edgemont fire burn near a home in the early morning hours near Redlands, California.  (David McNew / Getty Images)

Matt Kretschmer, left, wipes sweat while searching through the remains of his father’s burned-down home in Pioneertown, Calif.  (Jae C. Hong / AP)

An air tanker drops fire retardant on a wildfire off of Highway 223 east of Bakersfield, Calif.  (Casey Christie / AP)

Kern County fire crews work the fireline south of Highway 58, east of Bakersfield, Calif.  (Casey Christie / AP)