• A Blackhawk helicopter picks up a load of water from Gibraltar Reservoir while fighting the Rey Fire. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • A firefighters walks through the barren landscape near Little Pine Mountain after the Rey Fire burned through the area. (Ryan Cullom / Noozhawk photo)
  • Flames from the Rey Fire can be seen north of Gibraltar Reservoir, on the active eastern flank of the blaze. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • The Rey Fire, which has been burning for days in the Santa Barbara backcountry, started in this area. (Zack Warburg / Noozhawk photo)
  • A SkyCrane helicopter picks up a load of water from Gibraltar Reservoir. (Ryan Cullom / Noozhawk photo)
  • A Santa Barbara County brush truck and water tender head to their next assignment on the Rey Fire. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • Flames burned down into Upper Oso Campground. (Zack Warburg / Noozhawk photo)
  • A helicopter over Gibraltar Reservoir. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • A Blackhawk helicopter picks up a load of water from Gibraltar Reservoir while fighting the Rey Fire. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • A helicopter over Gibraltar Reservoir. (Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department photo)
  • The evening briefing for firefighters at Live Oak Camp. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
  • Live Oak Camp is the staging area for firefighters battling the Rey Fire. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
  • Live Oak Camp is the staging area for firefighters battling the Rey Fire. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
  • A pyrocumulus cloud is visible over the Santa Ynez Mountains behind the Santa Barbara Mission on Monday. (Steve Kennedy photo)

Noozhawk executive editor Giana Magnoli can be reached at gmagnoli@noozhawk.com.