Think tank takes aim at firefighting planes

A plane recolects water in Boadella, Spain, Monday, July 23, 2012. The fires that broke out Sunday in several parts of the Catalonia region forced more than 1,400 people to stay the night in shelters. Fires were still burning Monday in many places, with roads cut off because of the billowing smoke. In some areas farmers were helping firefighters by driving water tanker trucks to burning areas. Train service in the region was suspended and several cross-border roads linking Barcelona with France closed because of the advancing flames, regional government spokesman Felip Puig said Sunday.. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)