VIDEO: Photojournalist covering wildfires gets too close for comfort

SAN MARCOS, Cali. (WITI) -- Wildfires are creating all kinds of troubles for firefighters out west. Thousands of acres of land is being scorched.

But one photojournalist from KUSI ended up on the business end of a load of fire retardant dropped from a DC-10 Supertanker. Check it out