Empire On fire

Mark Zaleski

The Press-Enterprise

A wall of fire from the Grand Prix fire approaches a church in Lytle Creek California. Firefighters stopped the flames from burning the church.<p> Arsonists started several fires in Southern California in late October. Three of them in San Bernardino County merged into a raging inferno. The 50-mile wall of flames destroyed more than 1,000 homes and triggered the evacuation of more than 40,000 people. Ash and smoke blanked the region for miles, making it appear to be nightfall at noontime on the worst days.

Mark Zaleski, "Empire On fire," in POYi Archive, Item #34494, http://archive.poy.org/index.php/items/show/34494 (accessed May 23, 2025).