FEMA’s temporary housing site for fire survivors in West Maui is now finished. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol reports.

SGT. JACQUELINE C. PARSONS / U.S. MARINE CORPS From atop an armored vehicle, a stinger missile is fired at a small unmanned ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors ...

Peter Tripp Akemann reached a plea agreement and will avoid prison but he will pay full restitution for the damage on the plane and do 150 hours of community service in wildfire relief, said acting ...

Authorities in Honolulu said they have arrested an additional four people in connection with a deadly New Year's Eve fireworks explosion that killed five people and injured about 20 others.

Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire have reached a last-minute deal, averting a trial to determine how ...

A fifth person has died from injuries suffered during a massive explosion of illegal fireworks at a Honolulu home over New ...

One thing that was impossible to miss -- as fires raged through L.A. -- was the fight from the air. Officials say it might have been the largest number of aircraft at a fire event, ever.

2 /8 MARCO GARCIA / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER Helicopters drop flowers onto the funeral procession of Honolulu firefighter Jeffrey Fiala at the Kakaako Fire Station Saturday in Honolulu. MARCO ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

The Los Angeles area has been hit with one of the worst fires in U.S. history. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, has more than 60 fixed-wing and rotor-wing ...

With six planes, the company holds the largest private Super Scooper fleet in the world and leases the aircraft to fire departments. Over the weekend, Bridger sent a CL-415, which had been ...