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A firefighter with the Los Angeles County Department of Corrections cuts brush with a chainsaw fighting the Santa Anita Canyon brush fire, just north of Sierra Madre, California, 20 April, 2008.

Temperatures were in the high 90's with high Santa Ana winds.

Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times, Copyright 2008 Los Angeles Times.