Dispatches from the fire lines in New Mexico
A Chinnock helicopter works on the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico last month. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
A burned landscape from the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
A retardant mixing truck works on the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico last month. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
A sky crane fills up on the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico last month. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
Tent city on the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico last month. (Tracy Scott/Valley Press)
I arrived at the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon fires in North Central New Mexico on May 24 to relieve Ron Granger, owner and operator of Leviathan Inc., a type 1 water tender contracted with the Forest Service. A type 1 water tender is the largest type of water tender used by the Forest Service on wild land fires...
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