Photo Gallery: Talbert Park Fire
Costa Mesa Firefighter Mike Gruhl prepares to cut away brush while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
A firefighter jumps on a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Mark Geiger with the Costa Mesa Fire Department, douses a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
An Orange County hand crew watches a helicopter makes a water drop on a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
A firefighter cuts down a snag at the edge of the fire line while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Holly Reeder watches the fire from her fathers house on Aviemore Terrace in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Mark Geiger with the Costa Mesa Fire Department douses a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
An Orange County Authority helicopter makes a water drop on a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Costa Mesa Fire Department personnel knock down a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Fire fighters brace themselves for a water drop from an Orange County Fire Agency helicopter during a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Costa Mesa Firefighter Mike Gruhl prepares to cut away brush while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Mark Geiger with the Costa Mesa Fire Department, douses a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Fire fighters watch an Orange County Fire Agency helicopter drop water on a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Mark Geiger with the Costa Mesa Fire Department douses a hot spot while battling a 3-acre brush fire at Talbert Regional Park in Costa Mesa on Friday, May 9. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
A firefighter from CMFS 85 shoots water around a smoldering brush and a tree during a brush fire in Talbert Park in Costa Mesa on Tuesday. (Scott Smeltzer/ Daily Pilot)
Rafael Davila of Costa Mesa takes a video selfie on his iPhone of the Orange County Fire Authority helicopter getting water from Victoria Pond to battle a brush fire nearby Friday afternoon. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)
A Newport Beach fire truck heads out from the brush fire in Talbert Regional Park on Friday afternoon. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)
Firefighters respond to a brush fire in Costa Mesa’s Talbert Regional Park on Friday afternoon. Several onlookers were nearby, inside the park itself and along the Santa Ana River trail. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)
Firefighters respond to a brush fire in Costa Mesa’s Talbert Regional Park on Friday afternoon. Several onlookers were nearby, inside the park itself and along the Santa Ana River trail. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)
An Orange County Fire Authority helicopter retrieve water from Victoria Pond to use against a nearby brush fire in Talbert Regional Park on Friday afternoon. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)
Spectators along the Santa Ana River trail next to Talbert Regional Park document the county helicopter’s retrieval of water from Victoria Pond to use against a brush fire Friday afternoon. (Bradley Zint / Daily Pilot)