Firefighting Plane Drops Retardant on 1,000-Acre Blaine Fire

Several homes in the northern section of California’s Moreno Valley went under a mandatory evacuation on Sunday, August 13, as a 1,000-acre blaze, dubbed the Blaine Fire, burned in the surrounding Box Spring Mountains.

The evacuation order was lifted later that day.

This footage shows a firefighting plane dropping retardant on the brush fire. According to The Press-Enterprise, more than 315 firefighters, eight air tankers and four helicopters were mobilized to tackle the blaze. Credit: Instagram/brunnerizer via Storyful