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Ramona Air Attack Pilots Enjoy Pizza After Rough Day at Inkopah

The fire near the border has been a challenge, due to the remote location. Tired pilots enjoyed pizza from downtown Ramona Tuesday night.

What do tired air tanker pilots eat after a hard day's work?

Many people around San Diego county are unaware that Ramona is the town that sends the air tankers.

And as we go about our business here in Ramona, it's easy to think that a fire in a remote location near the border is not affecting our town.

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But ask Ramona Air Attack Base and they'll tell you they had a lot of hungry people ready to chow down on pizza Tuesday night after a very difficult day's work.

CalFire continues to work to bring the 75-acre fire under control at Inkopah, near the Imperial county border. A multi-agency effort contained the fire late Tuesday. See this .

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