On Wednesday October 11 a new record was set for the number of gallons loaded into air tankers in one day at the air tanker base at McClellan Air Field near Sacramento — 311,000 gallons. But the next day, October 12, they blew that record out of the water, pumping 387,655 gallons.

With seven large fires burning within 40 to 80 miles of McClellan Air Field near Sacramento, the air tanker base there has been extremely busy for the last week with 12 air tankers working out of the facility at times.

Click on the Instagram image below to see a fascinating time-lapse video of aircraft activity at the base.

CAL FIRE’s McClellan Reload Base in Sacramento County pumped a record-breaking 387,655 gallons of retardant on Thursday in support of the #CAwildfires across the state. A post shared by CAL FIRE Official Instagram (@calfire) on Oct 15, 2017 at 1:34pm PDT

The numbers below are statewide in California.

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