Special FBI teams gathered evidence Wednesday as part of a possible arson investigation into the wildfires devastating Southern California, the agency said. The fires have destroyed 1,500 homes and caused at least a half-million people to flee, in what has become the largest evacuation in state history. AP Photos
California is Burning
Members of the Tulare County Strike Team take a break in Live Oak Canyon in eastern Orange County, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007.