Water cascades down from a helicopter trying to douse the flames of a major fire that broke out in the Cerro El Tepopote, a wooded hillside on the western outskirts of Guadalajara, Thursday, May 21.
Around 250 firefighters from municipal, state and federal corporations battled the blaze, which started around 5 p.m. Three helicopters equipped to fight forest fires joined in the effort to put out the flames. Smoke from the fire affected three neighborhoods: Ejido La Primavera, Venta del Astillero and Pinar de la Venta. Firefighters eventually brought the fire under control after 15 hours of labor.