Firefighters battling nearly a dozen forest fires across California have seen hot winds and dry vegetation caused by years of drought fuel flames over the last week, forcing thousands of people from their homes.

Calgrove Fire

The Calgrove fire, rooted north of Los Angeles, is 60 percent contained after having burned 398 acres near Interstate 5. Home evacuation orders that included an entire mobile home park were recently lifted as 450 firefighters, four air tankers, and seven helicopters began to tame the blaze.

All evacuations were lifted by 11 p.m. Wednesday night. The only reported structural damage happened to a garage.

Washington Fire

About 900 firefighters are still battling the Washington fire near South Lake Tahoe, which has charred more than 26 square miles near the small mountain town of Markleeville.

Flames, ignited by lightning last Friday, grew so large NASA captured satellite images of the damage on Sunday. Smoke can still be seen as far away as Carson City, Nevada.

Several campgrounds evacuated earlier in the week remain closed.

San Bernardino Fire

The fastest-moving blaze is in the San Bernardino Mountains area where strong winds pushed the Lake fire into new territory on Wednesday. The fire is 21 percent contained and has already burned 23,199 acres.

Over 1,900 firefighters are up against a fire that has already costs $14.6 million, according to the U.S. Forest Services.

Tiny Mojave communities of Rimrock and Burns Canyon were forced to evacuate, while orders to flee were only voluntary in nearby Pioneertown. A second camp has been set up in the Big Bear Mountain Ski Resort

Aerial efforts were temporarily delayed Wednesday when a civilian drone entered airspace directly over a fire. While firefighters normally use drones for mapping purposed, they are used in a way that does not interfere with pilots in the area.

"We don't want to deal with unknown aircrafts in our airspace," said U.S. Forest Service aviation officer Mike Eaton at a news conference. "For the safety of our pilots - they got enough on their minds already with other fixed-wing aircraft...difficult terrain, winds - they don't need to be worrying about model airplanes or drones."

View the map below on additional fires near Fresno, Sacramento, and Santa Barbara.