Air Tankers Help Contain Flying Bucket Fire Burning Southwest of Maricopa

A wildfire raging southwest of Maricopa and just south of Mobile in Maricopa County was slowed Tuesday with the use of major air tankers.

According to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, a series of large firefighting aircraft known as the Very Large Air Tanker, Large Air Tankers, Single Engine Air Tankers and Air Attack worked on the Flying Bucket Fire for most of Tuesday afternoon as ground resources closed in.

Read more on this story at AZ Central

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