Above: An MD-87 drops on the Oak Fire near Yucaipa, California. Screen grab from EPN106 OnScene.TV video. This image and the video below are used with permission.
(Originally published December 1, 2017)
EPN106 of OnScene.TV got some excellent shots of helicopters and air tankers dropping on the Oak Fire near Yucaipa, California November 29. It burned 99 acres off Oak Glen Road and was caused by a vehicle over the side of the road.
If the video below does not start, you can see it on YouTube.
Firefighters benefited from light winds, cooler temperatures, and the fact that the San Bernardino air attack base was only 12 air miles away.
The next day Neptune’s Air Tanker 12, a BAe-146 under contract with CAL FIRE, was released for the season.
Oak Glen road closed due to fire. Please stay out of area pic.twitter.com/qQbe7e5W5P
— Lieutenant Cole (@SBCSDLtCole) November 29, 2017
#CALFIREBDU #oakfire update- 50 acres, forward rate of spread stopped. Structure threat mitigated. Oak Glen Rd. closed between Wildwood Canyon Rd and Pine Bench. Fire fighters will continue fire suppression efforts through the night.
Photo credit: Doug Ernest pic.twitter.com/wwx9TVllNB— CAL FIRE BDU (@CALFIREBDU) November 30, 2017
As of water tender driver on a volunteer fire department watching those aircraft just totally awesome the amount of fire that they can extinguish in one pass seen it multiple times it’s like going to the movies watching the lead plane leave a smoke screen for those large airplanes to follow pretty cool