1.   Demczur dropped his bucket.

2.   Helicopters dropped bucket after bucket of bright-red flame retardant on the fire, coating the highway with a slimy goo.

3.   The rains were like one of those summer downpours that drops buckets of water for a few minutes, then clears.

4.   Helicopters dropped buckets of water on the blaze, and civil defense workers sprayed water from hoses on firetrucks.