#gap fire

The Big Bear Hot Shots crew member from the San Bernardino National Forest stops to drink while cutting a fire line at the Gap fire, officially the top priority fire in the state, as fire pushes northward in Elwood Canyon to a ridge where it is vital that firefighters stop it, on July 6, 2008 near Goleta, California.

A firefighting airtanker drops Phos-Check fire retardant over the Gap fire as more than 1,000 wildfires continue burning across about 680 square miles of central and northern California, on July 3, 2008 near Goleta, California.