REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- On Friday, Action News climbed aboard a helicopter at the Garnet Fire Reedley Helibase.

"This aircraft can fly for about two hours," airbase manager Joe Romero with the U.S. Forest Service told us.

The Bell 205 we saw can hold 320 gallons of water with two crewmembers sitting in the front and six in the back.

"This guy over here is usually the crew boss, and his job is to make sure the operation is going smoothly back here," Romero explained in the cabin of the helicopter.

As the hand crews dispatch on the ground, the helicopter takes back into the sky.

Dramatic new videos provided by the U.S. Forest Service show the raging flames that helicopter crews have encountered at Garnet.

"The pilot will just go off and fly to a dip site," Romero said. "He'll get wa

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