2. 2010

May 21 Fire on Big Lake

The Mat-Su Borough Water Rescue Team responded to help ferry firefighters and equipment to and from a small island on fire in Big Lake.
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Forestry patrols overhead in their helicopter as crews on the ground move in and begin knocking down the fire.
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Forestry patrols overhead in their helicopter as crews on the ground move in and begin knocking down the fire.

Matanuska Susitna ValleyAlaska2010Big LakeFirefighting

  • The Division of Forestry's helicopter drops low to fill a bucket to aid in the fire's suppression.
  • Forestry's helicopter swings by with a bucket for the fire.
  • A small cabin and flocks of gulls are threatened by the creeping advance of the fire as evening sets in.
  • This cabin was probably very cozy at one time.
  • Forestry's helicopter swings by with a bucket for the fire.
  • Forestry patrols overhead in their helicopter as crews on the ground move in and begin knocking down the fire.
  • An up-close view of Forestry's helicopter ready to make a drop.
  • The birds in the area were intensely unhappy about all the activity around their nests, and repeatedly dive-bombed us whenever we ventured near.
  • Stirred up by the fire activity, flocks of birds circle around us as the firefighting operations continue.
  • Stirred up by the fire activity, flocks of birds circle around us as the firefighting operations continue.
  • A tiny bird swings into a fake dive-bomb attack on a Big Lake fire Chief's helmet.
  • Stirred up by the fire activity, flocks of birds circle around us as the firefighting operations continue.
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