More pictures from the wildfire on September 19, 2000 with the TFS helicopter water drops.
The Helicopter flies over Brush Truck 3
The staging area early in the incident.
Picture of the smoke as the fire is in the final stages of being put out.
This fire was reported on September 19, 2000 at 16:00 hours. There was 34 firefighters and fire equipment from the Simpsonville VFD with 2 brush trucks, the Bettie VFD with 1 brush truck and 1 tanker, 2 dozer crews from the Texas Forest Service, 1 helicopter from the Texas Forest Service, and the Harmony VFD with 2 brush trucks. The fire was small in acreage 2 acres, but high in cost as it burned a burn with a new bass boat inside. It took 2 hours to bring under control and 2 more hours to extinguish.