Karen Quincy Loberg

Cuesta Fire Dept. captains (far left and right in yellow) guide volunteer firefighting prisoners toward an approaching force of nature, the Springs Fire, while a helicopter attacks the flames from the air in Newbury Park, CA on Thursday evening. The wildfire that began approximately one mile to the east in the morning, reaching the sea eight miles to the west with great crosswind force, consumed 24,251 acres and 10 out-structures, taking no human lives. 05-02-2013 NEWBURY PARK, CA