Footage shows firefighting tankers scooping up water from the Pacific Ocean to douse flames from the nearby Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades. Jan. 7, 2025. (Daniel Sparks via Storyful) ...
Cal Fire will receive two more CL-415 Super Scoopers from a Canadian non-profit to replace the one damaged Thursday by a ...
Cal Fire has its own fleet of aircraft operating from 14 airfields and 11 helicopter bases across the state that can reach most fires within about 20 minutes.
The Palisades Fire just north of Santa Monica is currently at over 20,400 acres with 8% containment, the Eaton Fire near ...
The "Super Scooper" was dropping 1,500 gallons of desperately needed water at a time on the inferno below until it was ...
A Canadian “Super Scooper” aircraft fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles had to be grounded after it hit a drone flying ...
It’s been a brutal, heartbreaking week in Los Angeles. Wildfires have ripped through communities, leaving death and hundreds ...
The plane landed safely but is out of service because the collision damaged its wing, a Cal Fire spokesman said.
On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said a Canadian Super Scooper aircraft was struck by an uncrewed aerial ...
A specialized Canadian firefighting plane responding to the wildfires in Southern California was grounded Thursday after it ...
One of two "essential" firefighting airplanes in California is now out of service after it was struck by a civilian drone on Thursday.
The FBI will deploy a drone detection system to prevent illegal flights in closed airspace from threatening fire suppression ...