Fire Fighting Helicopters at Lake Tapps
July 15, 2009 at 11:22 pm Leave a comment
Today there was a fire on Highway 410 between Sumner and Bonney Lake. The terrain where the fire was burning is so steep that two fire fighting helicopters were called in to help.
I did not know anything about a fire burning until it sounded like a helicopter was landing in the yard across the street. Turns out that the helicopter and another were scooping up lake water from the cove behind me. Locals call that cove “the old party cove” and it is over by the boat store.
I grabbed my camera, hopped on my bicycle and followed the helicopters over to another refilling spot next to the bridge on Sumner-Tapps Highway. It was quite a spectacular sight and many others stopped to watch. This is the footage that I got. It is a little rough but still fun to share.
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