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

The Super Scooper is among an array of firefighting aircraft, including helicopters and air tankers, that the California ...

MH-47s are armed with M134 7.62mm electrically-operated, air-cooled gatling guns, fitted in firing the left port/right cabin ...

Aerial footage showed helicopters dropping water on a Los Angeles home engulfed in flames. The Palisades wildfire expanded ...

Amid the Los Angeles wildfires, Rory Callum Sykes—a child actor born blind and with cerebral palsy—died at age 32 after mom ...

Two huge firefighting helicopters touched down Thursday in Riverton on their way to water-bomb the devastating wildfires ...

A large vegetation fire in Whangārei Heads in Northland has triggered Fire and Emergency response. Crews were called shortly ...

Two properties in Whangārei Heads have been evacuated after a large fire broke out in a valley difficult to access. A third home remains under threat from ...

Environmental experts have said that spraying fire retardant using planes is ineffective, expensive and a growing source 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.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called for an independent investigation into the loss of water pressure to local fire hydrants and the ...

LOS ANGELES - Calmer winds and higher humidity helped firefighters make progress Saturday battling an unprecedented fire ...