Firefighter's boot held together with tape at the Day Fire near Castaic, California
A firefighter's boot is held together with tape after it melted in the heat of the 27,000 acre "Day Fire", which has been burning since Labor Day in the Los Padres National Forest near Castic, California, September 13, 2006. Firefighters have the blaze 25 percent contained with no estimate for full containment. REUTERS/Gene Blevins (UNITED STATES)