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15 Photos That Show Devastation Of CA's Apple Fire

The Apple Fire has exploded in size since it began under suspicious circumstances​ Friday. Click through our photo gallery here.

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A firefighter from Carpinteria monitors the huge plume from the out-of-control Apple fire along Bluff Street, north of Banning during the coronavirus pandemic on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock)
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Cabazon, Sunday, August 2, 2020 - The Apple Fire continues to burn thousands of acres North of Cabazon. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock)
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An area sits scorched by a brush fire at the Apple Fire in Cherry Valley, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Firefighters watch the Apple Fire in Banning, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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The Apple Fire burns behind mountains near Beaumont, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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A firefighter runs as the wind blows at the Apple Fire in Banning, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (APAP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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A firefighter watches the Apple Fire in Banning, Calif., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Some rises behind an area burned by a brush fire at the Apple Fire in Cherry Valley, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (APaAP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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The fire scene in Cherry Valley, July 31, 2020. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
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The fire scene in Cherry Valley, July 31, 2020. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
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The fire scene in Cherry Valley, July 31, 2020. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
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A plane drops fire retardant over a home as the out-of-control Apple fire burns around it during the coronavirus pandemic on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock)
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A helicopter drops water on the Apple Fire as an excessive heat warning continues on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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Flames creep through a forest understory at the Apple Fire as an excessive heat warning continues on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. (David McNew/Getty Images)
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Wildland firefighters work a line to douse hotspots along Avenida Miravailla during the Apple fire looms on August 1, 2020 in Cherry Valley, California. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times/Shutterstock)

BANNING, CA — The Apple Fire has exploded in size since it began under suspicious circumstances Friday evening in Cherry Valley.

By Monday morning, it had reached 26,450 acres and 5 percent containment, spreading into San Bernardino County as federal authorities took over management of the blaze.

Click through the photo gallery above to see dozens of images by Patch staff and other photographers, showing efforts to contain the blaze over the past few days.

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