HOLDING ON TO INDEPENDENCE
How the fast-moving Inyo Complex Wildland Fire almost torched the town of Independence,
threatened the historic Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery and nearly killed nine firefighters.
Photo: Dave Mull
"3:52 pm At the height of despair, knowing they were about to lose the hatchery and fearful that their men were trapped, perhaps lost at the Ashworth Ranch, the remaining fire fighters began to pull back. Suddenly an old Lockheed P2V Neptune, the largest of the twin-engine "Borate Bombers", skirted a fire tornado to the south of Oak Creek and dropped 2700 gallons of ammonium fire suppressant along the back of the hatchery, saving it and quelling the flames around the trapped crews." 
Photo: Dave Mulllink to read all of this very special report
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