TOPEKA -As the wildfires across Kansas near full containment, the Kansas National Guard reported Sunday their aerial fire suppression mission is finished.

Fifty-five Kansas Army National Guard Soldiers were deployed and dropped an estimated 482 buckets totaling approximately 289,200 gallons of water from seven UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, according to a social media report.

The Guard partnered with U.S. Army Reserve and civilian aviation assets along with ground crews to fight the fires that burned an 711,950 acres, according to estimates released on Friday.