I have blogged about aerial wildland firefighting since 2009. I am not a firefighter and am not a pilot, just an interested bystander who wants to learn more and share what I learn here. Join me here as I blog on the aircraft and the pilots who fight wildland fires from the air in support of crews on the ground. I also blog on concerns affecting fire crews on the ground as well as other aviation and meteorology issues. Learn what it takes to do jobs that are staffed by the best of the best.
Direct link to February 4th video from NBC News on YouTube
It is summer in Chile and a wildfire is burning during a hot and dry period leading to at somewhere in the order of 112 deaths. A state of emergency has been declared and damages could be in the hundreds of millions of dollars according to Chile's Chief Finance Minister Mario Marcel. See this Feb 5th report from CNN for more information, another video and photographs.
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