Fire in Cajon Pass

A ram runs from its rescuers into Rancho Amistad.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A badly burned llama sits among a herd of goats and sheep that survived the fire that swept through Rancho Amistad.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A fire crew works on the still smoldering Rancho Amistad.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Charred remains of a car along Rainbow Road in Oak Hills.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Ranch hand Rick Espinosa aids a goat at Rancho Amistad.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Rancho Amistad owner Bruce Schumacher, left, and Mick Brown, a member of firefighting crew from Fenner Canyon Conservation Camp, take a goat to safety.   (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A crew keeps an eye on a spot fire along Rainbow Road.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

U.S. Forest Service firefighter Robert Larios takes care of a hot spot while battling the wildfire in the Cajon Pass and Oak Hills area.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

An ambulance travels on Ranchero Road as a wildfire rages near homes in the Cajon Pass community of Oak Hills.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A helicopter drops on the fire near Oak Hills.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Residents of Oak Hills watch the flre flare up near their homes along Ranchero Road.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Oak Hills resiidents cover their faces with bandannas as smoke from the fire envelops their neighborhood.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters watch helicopters make water drops on the blaze.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Motorists are stranded on northbound Interstate 15.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A group of friends from San Diego en route to Las Vegas got stuck in the closure of I-15, and their car overheated.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke billows above Oak Hills.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A DC-10 drops water on the fire in Oak Hills.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters keep an eye on the blaze.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Traffic moves slowly up the Cajon Pass after a wildfire along Intersate 15 forced a temporary closure.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)