Madre fire

A Super Scooper makes a water drop on the Madre fire in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A Los Angeles County firefighter monitors the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon area above Azusa,   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A helicopter monitors the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon area above Azusa.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter at the flood control basin watching the brush fire on the hills of the San Gabriel Canyon.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A U.S. Forest Service firefighter pulls on a hose.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A helicopter drops water during a brush fire in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa.   (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Times)

A brush fire burns along ridge lines near San Gabriel Canyon Road in Azusa.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

Brush fire sends a plume of smoke into the sky.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

People watch as a smoke plume from a brush fire rises in San Gabriel Canyon above Azusa.   (Ringo H.W. Chiu / For The Los Angeles Times)