L.A. Park Blaze

After clearing a firebreak near Griffith Observatory, members of the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Mt. Gleason station take a break as efforts to control a massive wildfire in Los Angeles' Griffith Park continued Wednesday, May 9, 2007. The wildfire roared across the brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.

Los Angeles city firefighters put out hot spots inside Griffith Park as wildfire continues to burn inside the park Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

Members of Team 16-1 from the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Mt. Gleason station clear a firebreak between burned and unburned areas as efforts continue to control a massive wildfire in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, Wednesday, May 9, 2007.

A burned-over hillside is seen after a massive wildfire swept through Griffith Park in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 9, 2007. Firefighters raced Wednesday to get the upper hand on the wildfire in the brush-covered hills of sprawling Griffith Park but rising temperatures and low humidity threatened to stifle their progress.

Loma Linda, Calif., firefighters rest after battling a wildfire in Griffith Park Wednesday, May 9, 2007, which started on Tuesday. The firefighters were part of combined task force from throughout Southern California to help Los Angeles City firefighters snuff out the wildfire which continues to burn in the park.

A helicopter makes a water drop on the fire line advancing on residential homes below Griffith Park, Tuesday, May 9, 2007 in Los Angeles. Late Tuesday, authorities called for a mandatory evacuation of homes that sit along the park's southern edge as the fire burned out of control. Helicopters flew dangerous water-dropping missions after dark and no homes were lost by late evening.

A wildfire rages behind the Griffith Observatory in Griffith Park north of downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

Firefighters protect homes from an advancing brush fire in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. A wildfire roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.

California Department of Forestry firefighter Brad Lowry, right, speaks with a Los Angeles firefighter after watering down a a nearby hillside while helping fight an approaching wildfire in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 8, 2007.

A wildfire approaches a home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles Tuesday, May 8, 2007. A wildfire roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.

Wildfire burns near a home in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles Tuesday May 8, 2007. The wildfire roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.

Anthony Lopez, 11, drags a bag of possessions from his home during an evacuation from a wildfire Tuesday May 8, 2007 in Los Angeles. The wildfire roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.

Towering flames threaten the Griffith Park Merry-go-Round area Tuesday May 8, 2007 as low humidity and hot winds placed southern California into an early fire season. Firefighters said they were making progress against a wildfire that roared across brush-covered hills in the city's sprawling Griffith Park on Tuesday, triggering evacuations of homes and some of the city's most famous landmarks.