A long line of fire and billowing smoke are seen through the helicopter’s windshield as it swoops towards one of the several fires burning in the Los Angeles area. “Three, two, one, water’s away,” one of the pilots says as a payload of water gushes out of the helicopter and onto the flames. “Looks good,”

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