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 ...

A drone’s collision with a water-dropping aircraft fighting the Palisades fire in Los Angeles caused temporary grounding of ...

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 "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 ...

The plane landed safely but is out of service because the collision damaged its wing, a Cal Fire spokesman said.

The Forest Service in California employs a litany of helicopters built for firefighting, dumping thousands of water on raging ...

The Los Angeles County district attorney has issued a stern warning after a civilian drone grounded a water tanker as ...

It’s been a brutal, heartbreaking week in Los Angeles. Wildfires have ripped through communities, leaving death and hundreds ...

On Thursday, the Federal Aviation Administration said a Canadian Super Scooper aircraft was struck by an uncrewed aerial ...

In the aftermath the FAA promised severe punishment for anyone caught flying drones in a way that interferes with ...