The fire’s aftermath

Ruins of a home still smolder as the sun rises the day after a wind-whipped fire spread through a row of Malibu oceanfront houses.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Firefighters work to extinguish the last of the fire that destroyed this home on Malibu Road.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

L.A. Co. Firefighter Capt. Gilbert Contreras surveys the damage to a home lost in the Malibu fire.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Brad Davis, with Malibu City Emergency services, stands in what remains of a home destroyed in the Malibu fire.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

A woman walking her dog on the burned hillside surveys the damage from fire that destroyed homes along Malibu Road.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Malibu Road resident Grace Lee returned to her neighborhood this morning. Lee’s home was not damaged, but several of the neighbors’ homes were destroyed.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Malibu Road residents, Danny Smith and Willow Craven, return to their neighborhood this morning. Their home was not damaged, but several of their neighbors’ homes were destroyed.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Actress Suzanne Somers surveys her destroyed home on Malibu Road. Several homes burned in Malibu’s oceanside neighborhood after a fire fanned by winds swept down from PCH.  (Spencer Weiner / LAT)

Smoldering remains of four homes on the beach in Malibu the day after Monday evening’s wind-driven fire which started in brush at Malibu Bluffs State Park above the homes near PCH.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

Helicopter view of the homes damaged by the Monday evening wind-driven fire.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

Smoldering remains of homes on the beach in Malibu.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

Smoldering remains of three homes, at left, and one more at right, on the beach in Malibu following the Monday evening wind-driven fire which started in brush at Malibu Bluffs State Park.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

The remains of four homes on the beach in Malibu.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

Helicopter photo of the remains of an oceanfront home in Malibu.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)

Smoldering remains of a home on the beach in Malibu following the Monday evening wind-driven fire which started in brush at Malibu Bluffs State Park above the homes near PCH in this photo taken from a helicopter.  (Brian Vander Brug / LAT)