Deadly Wildfire Rages In Desert Near Palm Springs

BANNING, CA - OCTOBER 27: Firefighters set a backfire before dawn at the deadly Esperanza Fire in the San Jacinto Mountains on October 27, 2006 near Banning, California, west of Palm Springs. Four US Forest Service firefighters were killed and a fifth critically injured when a wall of flame swept over them as they tried to protect a home on October 26. The Santa Ana Wind-driven wild grew to more than 24,000 acres by nightfall. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)