Specialized firefighting aircraft from around the west descended on Southern Utah for a wildfire burning in Kane County on Monday afternoon.
Information provided to 2News by Bureau of Land Management, Utah's Color Country District showed a total of seven aircraft worked out of the Cedar City Airtanker Base on the 'MM 49 HWY 89' fire.Three large airtankers, two single engine airtankers, a lead plane and an air attack plane worked the wildfire from the sky along with local, state and federal firefighting resources on the ground.
According to BLM Utah, airtankers were loaded 15 times with fire retardant for the wildfire in Kane County; totally 26,653 gallons of fire retardant. The total flight time amassed by firefighting aircraft was roughly 21 hours. The latest update from state fire officials confirm to 2News the fire is 50 percent contained and was mapped at 219 acres.According to BLM-Utah, the CDC Air Base is the only large airtanker and multi-functional base in the southern part of the Great Basin Geographic Area.
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