During last month's Coastal Fire in Laguna Niguel, which destroyed 20 homes, there was only one water-dropping helicopter fighting flames for the first hour. Many are now questioning the county's response.
There was only one firefighting chopper in the air for the first hour of the Coastal Fire, which broke out last month in Laguna Niguel and destroyed 20 homes. Now many people are wondering why neither of the two sheriff's helicopters were used on the flames. It's like, I miss my house. I want to go to my house, but it just doesn't exist anymore," said Ramin Yazdi, whose home was destroyed in the fire.
A long running battle between OCFA and the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which used to have two firefighting helicopters on standby that could drop water on brush fires within minutes, may be the reason, at least in part, that there was only one water-dropping chopper over the Laguna Niguel fire.
CBSLA reported on the battle between the two agencies years ago, when the county board of supervisors demanded that they work together after incidents, like a hiker rescue and another fire, had fire and sheriff pilots arguing over the radio. As a county supervisor wit this fire in my district I expect a very thorough investigation and a very detailed report
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