As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) vehicles and personnel stand by, Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), California Army National Guard, watches a 2,600-gallon Bambi Bucket submerge into a pond during the Garza Fire in Kings County, California, July 13. The blaze consumed more than 26,000 acres and was 30 percent contained when this photo was taken. Five CalGuard Black Hawks responded to the Garza Fire, one of about two dozen torching Cali


As a wildfire burns on a hill and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) vehicles and personnel stand by, Staff Sgt. Ge Xiong, crew chief aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 1106th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), California Army National Guard, watches a 2,600-gallon Bambi Bucket submerge into a pond during the Garza Fire in Kings County, California, July 13. The blaze consumed more than 26,000 acres and was 30 percent contained when this photo was taken. Five CalGuard Black Hawks responded to the Garza Fire, one of about two dozen torching California in mid-July 2017 according to CAL FIRE’s website information. (Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)


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