Firefighting crews from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) move into position to fight the Garza Fire at Tar Canyon Road, Kings County, California, as California Army National Guard helicopters fly overhead and provide water drops July 14. The Garza Fire consumed nearly 40,000 acres and was 40 percent contained as of this date. It is one of about two dozen fires burning California in mid-July 2017.

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