Air Tanker Called To Duty Less Than 1 Hour After Arrival

By Chris SpearsDENVER (CBS4)– In preparation for what’s shaping up to be a busy fire season ahead, a federally contracted air tanker has been ordered to stage along Colorado’s Front Range.
“It will be here until further notice, based at the Jefferson County Air Tanker Base at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport,” said Lawrence Lujan with the U.S. Forest Service.(credit: CBS)
Within an hour of Tanker 12’s arrival on Friday it was called to fight a wildfire above Idaho