Santa Ana winds drive Inland Empire wildfires

CALIMESA, CA - OCTOBER 10, 2019: A water dropping helicopter drops water on burning mobile homes to try and keep the Sandalwood fire from spreading at Villa Calimesa mobile home park on October 10, 2019 in Calimesa, California. Multiple mobile homes were lost in the fire.(Gina Ferazzi/Los AngelesTimes)

A helicopter douses burning homes at Villa Calimesa mobile home park Thursday. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Oct. 10, 2019 5:26 PM PT

Several fires are burning in the Inland Empire amid dangerous red flag conditions. Numerous houses have been destroyed.

An orange haze fills the sky as a Yucaipa firefighter battles the Sandalwood fire at Villa Calimesa mobile home park. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Yucaipa firefighters battle the Sandalwood fire into the evening at Villa Calimesa mobile home park. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Family members embrace after their backyard motor home burned on Palm Lane in Fontana. From left, Olga Armenta, Edwin Ruiz, Naomi Ruiz and Josephine Ruiz. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Resident Adilene Cardenas, right, waits for word on the whereabouts of her two dogs after a fire swept through her backyard and destroyed her garage on Palm Lane in Fontana. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

Homeowners Olga Armenta and Edwin Ruiz view the damage to their backyard Thursday in Fontana. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)

San Bernardino County firefighters mop up a house fire that spread to neighboring properties Thursday on Palm Lane in Fontana. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times)