Sentence examples for dropping fire from inspiring English sources

A number of fire agencies were using water-dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft dropping fire retardant to battle the Fish and Reservoir fires.

Late in the day, winds subsided enough that aerial tankers were able to begin dropping fire retardant.

Similarly, this £12bn in cuts is simply dropping fire into the welfare fox hole and waiting for people to rush out of poverty and unemployment.

She said that on Saturday afternoon she started seeing helicopters flying and dropping fire retardant near Cobb Mountain, but she did not hear or see any warnings to evacuate.

The planes collided on Monday evening near Hopland, about 100 miles north of San Francisco, while the pilots were dropping fire retardant on the 250-acre wildfire, killing Larry Groff, 55, and Lars Stratte, 45.

Signs saying "Save Me" next to building at Tuolumne Family Camp #rimfire http://t.co/E9RhZWxCON — Vivian Ho (@VivianHo) 24 Aug 13 Just a few days ago, people at another nearby camp, Tuolumne Trails, captured video of a plane dropping fire retardant.

A helicopter drops fire retardants in the Sugerloaf Ridge State Park area along Highway 12, in Sonoma County.

The Privateer had made several trips to drop fire retardant and was carrying another load when it went down.

The fire was 20percentt contained as firefighters dug ditches for a fire line and helicopters dropped fire retardant chemicals, Polk County emergency management said.

Fixed-wing aircraft are used to drop off teams of smokejumpers and large air tankers and transport aircraft are also used to drop fire retardant.

Air tankers and helicopters dropped fire retardant and water on the blaze.