Albuquerque Aerial Firefighting Company Helping With Australia Wildfires

As wildfires rage in Australia, an Albuquerque company will have a big part in the fight.

Crews for 10 Tanker will soon be flying DC-10s to Australia to fight the massive wildfires.

Director of Operations Robert Burrus just got back from there, and he said it is as bad as it looks on TV.

“It is just from as far as I can see left to as far as I can see right in the airplane,” he said.

Burrus said his crews will drop two kinds of material on the fire.

One is a gel-like water enhancer. Read more on this story at KOAT.com

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