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INSIDE: Operation Wildfire

An air tanker drops a load of fire retardant over Henry Coe State Park, Morgan Hill, California.
©Wes Schultz
An air tanker drops a load of fire retardant over Henry Coe State Park, Morgan Hill, California.

Airs Tuesday, September 8 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

How do you control a force of nature as destructive and unpredictable as a wildfire? "INSIDE" travels onto the front lines of a battle as old as history, following a courageous team of firefighters as they work tirelessly to contain a fast-moving fire that threatens one of California’s largest state parks and the communities that surround it. More than 1,900 fire personnel are in a battle against time, racing to contain the flames before the rising winds push them across their fire lines.