A massive rescue operation airlifted more than 200 people to safety after the fast-moving Creek Fire trapped them near the Mammoth Pool Reservoir in Madera County.
FRESNO, Calif. — A massive rescue operation airlifted more than 200 people to safety after the fast-moving Creek Fire trapped them near the Mammoth Pool Reservoir in Madera County. Starting on Saturday night lasting into Sunday morning, Black Hawk helicopters and a one large Chinook helicopter flew 206 people to the National Guard base at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport. Once at the base, emergency medical workers helped triage and take the injured to local hospitals, including Community Regional Medical Center (CRMC). Twenty of them were to nearby hospitals and six are in CRMC’s burn unit, EMS officials told Action News.
