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CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. — In many emergency situations, such as a fire, every second can sometimes count. That’s why it irritated Matt Kane when he saw ...

“The time it takes for him to do another loop could potentially mean someone losing their house or shed or — worst case — a life. It took a couple extra minutes, but with wildfires in a few minutes it can do a lot of damage.”

“Some people make comments that sometimes the planes come out of nowhere,” he said. “Yeah, they do, maybe on the first run, but they had made multiple passes while I was there. I watched two full passes, from the pond to the fire and back.”

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