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California firefighters made significant progress Sunday to tame a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles east of San Francisco, burned down a home and forced residents to flee the area near the central California city of Tracy.
The water tank, an 8,500-gallon Heli-Hydrant, was installed in a secluded area of the park in order to supplement existing water sources by providing an additional accessible water reserve for firefighting helicopters.
As of 1 p.m., the fire had charred an estimated 103 acres as crews fought it on the ground and aboard air tankers and water-dropping helicopters.
Cal Fire is bolstering its firefighting aircraft fleet across California for the second year in a row as a result of over $72 million in funding provided by the administration of Governor Gavin Newsom.
As part of National Fire Prevention Week, Clear Creek School’s Mrs. Hanson, brought 75 kindergartners and about 15 parents to Cal Fire’s Nevada City Station No. 20 this week, to get an up and close…