Texas firefighters get some help -- from California

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The U.S. Forest Service has sent California-based firefighters and equipment to help battle wildfires marching across Texas, and California fire officials were weighing whether they too would send resources as their state's fire season gets underway.

The Forest Service has sent 765 fire personnel and equipment including 46 engines, nine hand crews, five bulldozers and seven water tenders.

The federal agency also sent a DC-10 water tanker to Austin late Tuesday. Those resources are a fraction of the Forest Service fleet in California, which includes 296 fire engines, 41 hot shot crews, 21 hand crews, 20 bulldozers, 32 helicopters and 18 air tankers, according to spokesman Stanton Florea.

Forest Service officials provided aid to Texas even as they were preparing for lightning storms expected to strike Northern California forests this week, Florea said in an interview. California-based federal wildland firefighters have been helping battle various Texas fires since February, he said.

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Bet Perry never says thanks....