Huge blooms of smoke looking like a volcano has gone off to the races through the canyons during the second day of the Springs Fire in the mountain areas of Ventura County, Calif., on May 3. A fierce, wind-whipped brush fire spread on Friday along the California coast northwest of Los Angeles, threatening several thousand homes and a military base as more than 1,100 dwellings were ordered evacuated and a university campus was closed. (Gene Blevins/Reuters) #