Firefighters from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., and other area fire departments respond to a fire near Vandenberg Middle School on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 30, 2009.
Personnel from the 30th Space Wing emergency response team confirmed that the blaze, which consumed more than 300 acres, was caused by a blown transformer. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Andrew Satran, U.S. Air Force/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr