Aviation, Once a Help, Now Hindering Firefighters

Aviation, Once a Help, Now Hindering Firefighters
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They almost had it.

"The firefighters thought they had it trapped in this bowl," Utah Governor Gary Herbert says, describing the valiant, desperate attempts to contain a wildfire's consuming hunger during the excruciating heat of the summer. "They were bringing in some fixed-wing aircrafts, tarps, and suppressant….to keep it contained."

Then the real crisis arrived—an aerial terror armed with four-humming motors.

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