Bombardier CL-415 seconds before water drop on the fire.
It's sister-ship, 241, on the way out after a drop, and heading out to "Scoop" another load.
Los Angeles County Fire Sikorsky Fire Hawk going in for a water drop.
Erickson Air-Crane on one of its multiple water drops.
Today, at approximately 5:00 PM local time, a brush fire broke out on the hill next to the Totally Jacked Up Aircraft Photos plush World Headquarters. While it is said lightening never strikes twice, the hill next to our offices does not share that same luxury. This is the fourth brush fire this year to break-out at the location!
Los Angeles County Fire sent in the CL-415 "Superscoopers" to work their magic. And, they did, with the aid of multiple helicopter attack teams, the fire was finally doused a couple of hours later.
This event made for some interesting photography, being this was the first time I was UNDER the fire fighting aircraft on their actual drop runs.
Last week, fire fighting teams doused a good size brush fire at the mouth of Azusa Canyon (Highway 39). The flames and air-attack teams were clearly visible from our palatial offices on that one, as well.
Never a dull moment around here.
We go 39 and then go to the end of East Fork road so the errant spouse can go gold panning. One night we had to detour up Glendora Canyon Road. Never again. Too wiggly for me and the motorhome is not a Porsche.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are safe and they got the fire out. Gonna be a scary weekend if the wind forecasts are true.