This was a fire that might easily have gotten out of control yesterday on one of our north shore mountains, but was caught in time by a helicopter crew, using a water bucket, sometimes called a bambi bucket, beneath it.
The helicopter was similar to this, but the line carrying the bucket was much longer than the one shown here, because they don't want the prop-wash to fan the flames while they are aiming the water drop.
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