Watch: Air Tanker Swoops Into Action Over Wildfire

A resident near the San Bernardino County community of Highland captured this dramatic view of a fire retardant drop from a firefighting air tanker as it soared over the Mart fire. The tanker flies behind a spotter plane before dropping its payload of red Phos-Chek, a fire retardant, to slow the fire’s spread. The Mart fire broke out Tuesday June 27, 2017.