.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&w=3840 "The Springville Hotshots brought fire down a dozer line and tied into Road 81 just north of the Mammoth Pools Trailer Park in the evening of September 10, 2020 as efforts continue to contain the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest.")
The Springville Hotshots brought fire down a dozer line and tied into Road 81 just north of the Mammoth Pools Trailer Park in the evening of September 10, 2020 as efforts continue to contain the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest.
Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA via Wikimedia Commons
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