Plane Aids Firefighting Efforts in Idaho

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More than 300 firefighters were battling a wildfire burning in Idaho’s Sawtooth National Forest on Thursday, July 17.

According to officials, the Bench Lake fire was 1,850 acres (2.9 square miles) in size and was approximately 3 percent contained as of Wednesday morning.

Footage taken by Great Basin Coordination Center Public Information Officer Jesse Bender shows a plane scooping water from Redfish Lake to aid firefighting efforts. Credit: @GreatBasinCC via Storyful