Sgt. Bob Batham of the California Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, eyes a 2,600-gallon water bucket as it submerges into a pond July 14 during the Garza Fire in Kings County, California. (Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)

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