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Massive Resources Deployed To Contain Pickett Fire in California

Here's our breakdown of the numbers of the Pickett Fire in Napa County, California By Wyatt Williams • 2 hours ago

What Happens To 35 Miles Of Used Firehose?

As the Pickett Fire has spread in Napa County, California, emergency crews have deployed enormous resources to help contain the blaze.

In a recent video, CalFire explained that 190,000 feet of fire hose has been used in ground efforts by firefighters. That’s so much hose that an entire team from the California Conservation Corps has set up a base camp to inspect, sort, and re-roll the used hoses.

Fire hoses are not the only thing that have been used in impressive numbers by the emergency crews.

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