Santa Barbara wildfires

A firefighter sprays water on the rubble of a house that burned during the fire Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Fire crews walk up Rattle Snake canyon trail to put out a fire in Santa Barbara Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The remains of a home that was burned in a wildfire in the foothills above Santa Barbara Photograph: Michal Czerwonka/EPA

Charred remains at a home on Holly Lane in Mission Canyon Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

Surfers enter the water under heavy smoke from the fire at Butterfly Beach Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

A child plays in surf reddened by the reflection of heavy smoke overhead from the Jesusita fire, named after a nearby trail, at Butterfly Beach Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

Ana Pierpont and Robyn Richard serve homemade cupcakes to Los Angeles City firefighters at the Santa Barbara Mission Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

A destroyed home continues to smoulder in the early hours Photograph: David McNew/Getty Images

A firefighting helicopter drops water in a canyon as the Jesusita fire flares up at night threatening more homes Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

A firefighter takes a snapshot as he and his team monitor the oncoming flames Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

A home's roof-top weather vane is silhouetted by oncoming flames from the wind-driven wildfire Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images

An off-duty firefighter tries to save some belongings from a house Photograph: KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

A helicopter performs a water drop on a wildfire in the foothills above Santa Barbara Photograph: Michal Czerwonka/EPA

John Stannard watches the fire from the roof of his home in Santa Barbara Photograph: Michal Czerwonka/EPA

Smoke shrouds the Santa Barbara Mission building as residents evacuate Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Fierce winds fan the flames Photograph: John Lazar/AP

A tanker drops its load of fire retardant on the blaze Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

A fireman sprays water on a burning house Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A house in Holly Drive in the hills above Santa Barbara goes up in flames as a wind-whipped brush fire roars through the area Photograph: Mike Meadows/AP

A firefighter sprays water on a burning house Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Embers fly during the fire Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Residents watch as houses burn and others are threatened by flames Photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Wildfires burn near homes in the foothills of Santa Barbara Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features

Firemen spray water on a burning house Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

Smoke from California wildfires fills the sky Photograph: John Lazar/AP