PHOTOS: fire crews respond to the Charlie Fire

Signal Staff
September 23, 2018
11:23 am

White smoke could be seen from the Charlie Fire in Castaic Saturday. Austin Dave/The Signal

Fire Department aircraft attempt to douse flames by dropping water onto the fire. Savanna Birchfield/ The Signal

Helicopters pick up water from the lower lake of Castaic. Savanna Birchfield/ The Signal

Fire Department aircraft attempt to douse flames by dropping water onto the fire. Savanna Birchfield/ The Signal

Helicopters pick up water from the lower lake of Castaic. Savanna Birchfield/ The Signal

White smoke could be seen from the Charlie Fire in Castaic Saturday. Austin Dave/The Signal

A water dropping helicopter makes a drop on the Charlie Fire as viewed from Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A water dropping helicopter makes a pass on the Charlie Fire as viewed from Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A Super Scooper flies over spectators on Lake Hughes Road on it’s way to the Charlie Fire in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A dozer team unloads a dozer on Charlie Canyon Road to fight the Charlie Fire in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A Super Scooper flies over Lake Hughes Road on it’s way to the Charlie Fire in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

The Santa Clarita Valley Mobile Sheriff’s Command Statgion moves into position at the Charlie Fire Command Center in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Charlie Fire as viewed from Lake Hughes Road in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

A Super Scooper makes a drop on the Charlie Fire as viewed from Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

An Erickson Air Crane helicopter picks up water from Castaic Lake to fight the Charlie Fire in Castaic on Saturday. (Photo by Dan Watson)

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