Aaron Barrera, 25, hoses catches a water hose to protect the family home on Laguna Avenue as a CAL FIRE firefighters battle the Macy Fire on the west side of Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A water dropping helicopter battles the Macy Fire which has burned more than 134 acres west of Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A CAL FIRE night-flying helicopter heads back to Lake Elsinore to refill with water after a water drop on the Macy Fire in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A home owner keeps his roof wet to keep embers from taking hold as CAL FIRE Riverside County firefighters battle the Macy Fire in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Edgar Delacruz, 42, watches the Macy Fire burn as it is reflected in the windows behind him west of Lake Ridge Road in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
CAL FIRE helicopter refills in Lake Elsinore before heading back to battle the Macy Fire which has burned more than 134 acres on the west side of Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A man hosed down him home as a CAL FIRE helicopter makes a water drop on the Macy Fire in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Tanker-10 flies over home near the Macy Fire before making a retardant dump on the hillside above them in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
A CAL FIRE helicopter makes a water drop on the Macy Fire which has burned more than 134 acres in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
Aaron Barrera, 25, hoses down the roof of the family home on Laguna Avenue as a CAL FIRE helicopter makes water drop one the Macy Fire which has burned more than 134 acres on the south side Lake Elsinore in Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
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Aaron Barrera, 25, hoses catches a water hose to protect the family home on Laguna Avenue as a CAL FIRE firefighters battle the Macy Fire on the west side of Lake Elsinore on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
