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The plane made its first-ever drop in the continental United States
when fire officials summoned it to the Oak Glen fire east of Los Angeles
mid day on Monday. After the successful first drop, the Supertanker was
called back into action Monday evening where it made further drops on
the massive Station fire north of the city which grew to more than 164
square miles and threatened 10,000 homes. Nearly 2,600 firefighters from
as far away as Montana are throwing everything they have at the blaze,
and on Monday they called in the biggest tool in their inventory.
Supertanker, a 747-100 modified by Evergreen Aviation of Oregon, can
deliver more than 20,000 gallons of fire retardant with considerable
accuracy using its...
