Our normally quiet rural community has, over the past two days, gotten used to the sound of planes headed for Topaz Lake on the Nevada-California border. The small air tankers are picking up water to disperse on the Preacher Fire which started early yesterday morning by a lightening strike. The video, taken by Byron Curtis, shows an Aero-Flite CL-415 scooper at Topaz Lake.
This video was taken by Byron Curtis, another area resident.
Our house is about halfway between the fire and the lake where the tankers are loading up with water.
