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In. are they getting fixed wing or helicopters making water drops? >> reporter: absolutely all night long they were dropping fire retardant and water onto these flames. 19 helicopters deployed, ten fixed-wing aircraft, including two c-130s from the national guard, a dc-10, going at it hard with a full air assault. yesterday they weren't able to do that in the morning because there was an inversion layer. the smoke was just making the visibility where they couldn't get those birds up in the air. today they haven't had that problem. all night long, they have made what they call stanch vrng subst...
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