A Sikorsky firefighting skycrane returns to refill as a pyrocumulus cloud develops over the massive Carr Fire August 23, 2018 near Redding, California. The wildfire resulted in eight deaths, destroyed 1,079 homes and consumed 229,651 acres.

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