The setting sun is obscured by smoke from wildfires as a portion of the Slide Fire smolders in the foreground in Running Springs, California October 24, 2007. Firefighters made headway against 18 wildfires blazing across Southern California on Wednesday as hot winds abated for the first time in four days, but they were still battling to save entire neighborhoods from hopscotching flames. REUTERS/Max Whittaker (UNITED STATES)