Pushed by strong winds, the Jesusita fire near Santa Barbara, California, had damaged or destroyed at least 75 buildings and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents by May 8, 2009.
This natural-color image from the Advanced Land Imager on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite shows the Jesusita Fire burned area on May 13, 2008.
This natural-color image from May 10, 2009, shows the northern part of the area burned by the Jesusita Fire, in the Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Barbara, California.