[kingu]

So watching live video of it, firefighters are drowning the fire in water. To the point where a lot of firefighters are waist deep in water. I suppose they should have checked Wikipedia.

[OldDeckHand]

"So watching live video of it, firefighters are drowning the fire in water. To the point where a lot of firefighters are waist deep in water. I suppose they should have checked Wikipedia. "

I wonder if they just haven't resigned themselves to the fact they they can't necessarily extinguish it, but are just hoping to contain it. This would explain why they're dousing it, and the surrounding area, with so much water - trying to keep temperatures down to the lowest possible level.