Medford, Ore — It’s all hands on deck this busy fire season for crews at the Medford fire tanker base.
When conditions are right, tankers like the MD-87 have been hard at work on fires throughout the state, and the region.
Just yesterday tankers from the Medford base were called out to assist with the Delta Fire in Shasta County, California.
Tanker crews say as long as there are fires, they’ll be flying.
“We’ve been working probably, 5 or 6 fires fires, close here in Oregon, supporting fires down in California,” said Tanker Base Manager Royce Logan.
Currently the Medford base is fueling and launching two large air tankers and one very large air tanker.
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