A firefighting helicopter makes a drop at Fair Oaks Canyon during the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita, California on July 24, 2016.
Triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions are fueling the wildfire, which has burned across at least 22,000 acres so far and is only 10 percent contained. / AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
A few weeks ago in the Sand Canyon/San Clarita Valley, south of Los Angeles, a wildfire pretty much gutted the valley — homes destroyed, property, vehicles, just pure havoc.
This was quite an unfortunate fire; there are a very intriguing set of photographs of this fire, shot by David McNew of Getty Images. I think he really captured the heat and misery of this fire, in an incredibly amber and dark series of photographs. Check them out below.
Firefighters of the Texas Canyon Hotshot crew fight the Sand Fire at a residential golf course on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)Members of hand crew rest on a hillside near Placenta Canyon Road as a wildfire burns in Santa Clarita, Calif., Sunday, July 24, 2016. Thousands of homes remained evacuated Sunday as two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)A car covered in aerially-applied fire retardant remains parked in Ruthspring Dr., in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Sunday, July 24, 2016. Two massive wildfires raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons Sunday, leaving thousands of homes evacuated and authorities to investigate a burned body found in a neighborhood swept by flames. Firefighters have been trying to beat back a fire since Friday that has blackened more than 34 square miles of brush on ridgelines near the city of Santa Clarita and the Angeles National Forest. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)A firefighter with the Texas Canyon Hotshot crew lights a backfire near homes to fight the Sand Fire on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)TOPSHOT – Residents flee their home as flames from the Sand Fire close in on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)A firefighting helicopter makes a drop at Fair Oaks Canyon during the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita, California on July 24, 2016. Triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions are fueling the wildfire, which has burned across at least 22,000 acres so far and is only 10 percent contained. / AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)Inmate handcrew firefighters shield themselves from embers and heavy smoke as flames close in on houses at the Sand Fire on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)SANTA CLARITA, CA – JULY 24: Firefighters are forced to retreat as flame close in on them in Placerita Canyon at the Sand Fire on July 24, 2016 in Santa Clarita, California. Triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions are fueling the wildfire, which has burned across at least 22,000 acres so far and is only 10% contained. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)A firefighter reaches for the door of his truck as flames close in on homes at the Sand Fire on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)A firefighting helicopter makes a drop at Fair Oaks Canyon during the Sand Fire in Santa Clarita, California on July 24, 2016. Triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions are fueling the wildfire, which has burned across at least 22,000 acres so far and is only 10 percent contained. / AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)Los Angeles County firefighters pause to fight the flames due to erratic winds in Placenta Caynon Road in Santa Clarita, Calif., Sunday, July 24, 2016. Flames raced down a steep hillside “like a freight train,” leaving smoldering remains of homes and warnings that more communities should be ready to flee the wildfire churning through tinder-dry canyons in Southern California, authorities said Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Hartman)LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 23: A view of the ash and smoke cloud from the sand fire originating in Santa Clarita, California on July 23, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 22: Sand Fire Burns in Santa Clarita on July 22, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)Firefighters of the Texas Canyon Hotshot crew fight the Sand Fire at a residential golf course on July 23 2016 near Santa Clarita, California. Fueled by temperatures reaching about 108 degrees fahrenheit, the wildfire began yesterday has grown to 11,000 acres. / AFP / DAVID MCNEW (Photo credit should read DAVID MCNEW/AFP/Getty Images)
