New Scientist has a fascinating
story about the fires.
There was a camera trap in bushland in Orange county being used to study coyote behaviour. It's the regular set-up that takes a picture when the motion sensor is triggered. The camera somehow survived when the fire raged through, and came up with one astonishing picture, and several others that put it in perspective.
The evening before, Wiley Coyote, possibly fleeing the fires:
No caption required:
Ten minutes later.
More pics at the original story.
I want to know the brand of the camera that survived that blast of heat, and kept shooting. Impressive. Probably not in the design specifications.