Marek and Sesnon fires

Suzanne Lee surveys the rubble around her cousin’s mobile home at Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

The Rev. Pedro Villarreal and his wife, Meriam, who lived at Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge, inspect the charrred remnants of books found in the ashes after fire swept through their home.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies Armando Guzman, left, and Jose Belmares search for any evidence of an unaccounted person after the fire that swept through Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Darlene Westman surveys what is left of her mobile home at Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge, where she lived for 25 years.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighting helicopter dumps a load of water as the Sesnon fire advances on Flanagan Drive in Simi Valley on Tuesday afternoon.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Roger Heath sifts through the remains of his burned home Tuesday in the Twin Lakes neighborhood of Chatsworth.   (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Quin Chapin, right, and Ben Alwag watch fire burn down a hillside across the street from Chapin’s home on the eastern edge of the Sesnon fire on Tuesday.  (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

Smoke rises from the Sesnon fire in Granada Hills.  (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times)

Linda Escobedo, 11, combs her 9-month old nephew Daniel’s hair at the San Fernando High Red Cross Evacuation Center. The Escobedo family lived in a trailer at the Sky Terrace Lodge mobile home park that was destroyed in the Marek fire.  (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles firefighter Mike Catalano closes his eyes after 48 hours of fighting the Marek and Sesnon fires.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Embers swirl around a firefighter early Tuesday morning on Sesnon Blvd., north of the118 in Porter Ranch.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighter Steven Hinton protects a home early Tuesday morning on Beaufait Ave., south of Sesnon Blvd. and north of the 118 in Porter Ranch. A mandatory evacuation was ordered on Beaufait.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Fire lights up the hills of Camp Pendleton as strong winds sweep flames toward Fallbrook.  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Matt Vitiello with his girlfriend Virginia Alonzo came to see his home destroyed in the Twin Lakes neighborhood of Chatsworth. “It’s only things and that can be replaced,” he said.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Armed with a hose, William Tveden works to help keep flames away from homes in Porter Ranch. Tveden, a Granada Hills resident, came to the area to assist residents.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Cars travel in the wrong direction on the 118 Freeway as they are directed back to an onramp, where they exited to get out of the way of smoke and flames from the fire burning in Porter Ranch.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter pours water on a structure at the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A wall of smoke rises from a fire in the Porter Ranch area that prompted the evacuation of Browns Canyon Road and Oat Mountain Motorway near Chatsworth.   (Mel Melcon /Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters put down a hot spot inside the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Spot fires continues to burn inside the Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County firefighter Jenny Teer is covered in soot after fighting a fire at Sky Terrace Mobile Lodge.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Hampered by intense winds and blowing smoke, an L.A. City firefighter douses flames in the hills above Sylmar.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Maria Ramirez runs through a police closure to get her son from their home as the Marek fire threatens houses in Lake View Terrace.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sylmar resident Asia Bronson, 7, shields her face from the smoke and dust of the Marek fire.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Ernie Moreno of the Monrovia Fire Department, Engine 101, pulls a hose uphill along Bailey Road.  (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

U.S. Forest Service firefighters attack the blaze near the service’s Biedebach Regional Training Center.  (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)