Mansfield Fire. 750 acres, 28th-1st, Nogales AZ. The first day we flew into the fire and chased it putting in hand line. We got nailed by a retardant drop, got a few pictures of it. Several other hotshot crews showed up on the first and second days.

On the second day we dug indirect line down a extremely steep drainage and burned off the hand line. At 3pm the fire picked up and jumped Carson IHC's line just above our position. Carson was due to get a heli ride off the hill and time out their 14 days. So, Gila IHC got to chase the slop over. We ended up working into the night and sleeping on our packs. Cold night for me. Our bed down spot was on a trail the goes from Mexico to AZ. Didn't see any "hikers".