Interviews with pilots paint a graphic picture of the struggle to maintain control of their ships amid one of the most ...

It was published online in Oct. 2019, opens new tab by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Air Operations Section and described as showing a Firehawk helicopter dropping water on a fire in ...

one of the most experienced pilots with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, peered through night-vision goggles as he raced the helicopter across the San Fernando Valley. “There’s the glow ...

“We as firemen want to solve the problem and put the fire out,” said Child, chief pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department ... By that point, helicopter pilots had been dropping water ...

Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 16 days. A crew of 2,420 firefighters has been working on site and they ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley said Tuesday that “life-threatening and destructive and widespread winds” are in the region, which could fuel the growth of new or existing ...

The worst-case scenario has materialized in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles where an estimated 1,000 ...