La. Guard aviators, engineers execute rapid response to Pirates Cove wildfires

Louisiana National Guard aviators observe an area of forest devastation as a result of the wildfires that spread to the Pirates Cove neighborhood in the town of Florien on the banks of the Toledo Bend Reservoir in Sabine Parish, Louisiana on August 25.

Soldiers from the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 528th Engineer Battalion use bulldozers to move burnt forestry and clear a firebreak near Pirate’s Cove in Florien, Louisiana, Aug. 29. The Pirates Cove area caught fire on Friday, Aug. 25, and Louisiana Army National Guard aviators helped with the initial response. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Noshoba Davis)