Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...

Tanker 47, we’re in the dip,” co-pilot Pablo Montero calls over the radio. It’s 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11, and the crew is on its third night working the Palisades fire, a Godzilla of a blaze ...

CAL FIRE has the largest fleet of firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. In all, it has 67 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in its fleet, with plans to grow that number to 80 in the ...

When the Hurst Fire was still burning last week in the hills of Sylmar, Whiteman Airport in Pacoima served as a base for the ...

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

Several readers asked whether Mexico and Canada sent support to California as destructive wildfires burn in the Los Angeles ...

In order to reach remote fires in the State Responsibility Area, CAL FIRE maintains a fleet of firefighting aircraft, many of ...

The U.S. Coast Guard deployed a helicopter to the area but because of the weather conditions, the patient was unable to be safely hoisted up. Toward the end of the rescue effort, CalFire personnel ...

Amid the rescue operations, a video (here and here) surfaced on social media showing a helicopter extinguishing a fire, with claims that it is from Jaipur. Let's uncover the truth behind this ...

A fire at a Tyson Foods plant in Camilla, Georgia, killed one person and severely burned others early Friday. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire, a Tyson Foods spokesperson, who ...

A fire broke out in Manhattan’s famed Bryant Park holiday market Winter Village Friday morning, according to New York City Fire Department officials. At around 9:23 a.m. local time, firefighters ...

A fire at a kiosk at the Bryant Park Winter Village in Manhattan led to a large emergency response Friday morning. Video from the Citizen app showed heavy flames coming from the Bryant Park ...