Southern California Wildfires: R_ESPERANZA_1027mzg

Maria Loutzenhiser comforts Cecilia McLean as she visits the area where her son Jess McLean died while battlingthe Esperanza Fire. U.S. Forest Service firefighters Cpt. Mark Loutzenhiser, Daniel Najera-Ayala, Jason McKay, Pablo Cereda and Jess McLean from Engine 57 died when a fire storm overtook the house they were protecting and their vehicles near Twin Pines, Calif. (The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)

Maria Loutzenhiser comforts Cecilia McLean as she visits  

the area where her son Jess McLean died while battling 

the Esperanza Fire. U.S. Forest Service firefighters Cpt.  

Mark Loutzenhiser, Daniel Najera-Ayala, Jason McKay,  

Pablo Cereda and Jess McLean from Engine 57 died  

when a fire storm overtook the house they were  

protecting and their vehicles near Twin Pines, Calif.  

(The Press-Enterprise/ Mark Zaleski)