Dump

Day 5: There are two helicopters working on this side of the ridge now, one along the crest and one on the lower reach of the fire. When they dip down below the treeline at the old Ceccanti farm, it only takes a second or two for the buckets to be refilled. I don't believe there's a pond back there, so they are undoubtedly reloading from a tanker. Smoke is rising in a more concentrated column than before, which indicates to me that they're driving the fire into one centralized area. This is no quick job, the suppression of a fire in tall timber. They're doing an excellent job of bringing it under control.