SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died last week from falling tree debris after thousands of gallons of retardant were dropped on the area where he was helping battle California's largest-ever ...
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Fire crews dropped over 30,000 gallons of fire retardant on the Camp Fire on Sunday, May 25, near Fort Stanton in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Camp Fire burning in Lincoln ...
The Hercules HC130, a modified C130 aircraft, has been added to Cal Fire's air attack fleet and has already proven its ...
As multiple wildfires ravage the Los Angeles area, leaving behind a trail of destruction, killing at least 24 people and destroying thousands of structures, officials and firefighters are working ...
Estimates of damage from the now fully contained Point Fire in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley won’t be fully known for weeks, according to the Sonoma County wine region’s trade group. But one grape ...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — CAL FIRE demonstrated the potentially destructive force of aerial retardant drops on Monday, while also announcing plans for a $12 million upgrade to its Ramona Air Attack ...
In 2020, when a backcountry campfire in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains was not properly put out during a high-risk wildfire season, aircraft rushed to the scene to prevent a bigger blaze. Soon, a creek ran ...
With more moderate winds over Southern California, a fleet of helicopters and air tankers has been able to drop in the last two days hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant from ...