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Fighting fire with fire: Helicopter, drones bomb 3,378-acre Little Mesa fire in western Colorado with ping pong balls that ignite

BLM deploys new tools as part of “confine and contain” strategy on Little Mesa fire southwest of Delta

Bruce Finley of The Denver Post
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A lightning-sparked fire southwest of Delta was burning on 3,378 acres Tuesday morning after firefighters deployed a helicopter and drones to drop ping-pong balls filled with chemicals that ignite on impact to create backfires on mesas and clear unburned dead trees.
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