As one air tanker comes in, another is on its way ... First thing next week, they say they'll be out fighting the fire that ...

We work as a team with the tanker base, with the mechanics ... but also because we're fighting fire while wedged into tight air space between the LAX, Van Nuys, Burbank, and Santa Monica airports.

Several state agencies got a bird’s eye view Thursday morning to practice skills on fighting wildfires from above.

Cal Fire is preparing for a challenging wildfire season in Northern California, deploying resources including a second ...

Air tankers were called in to help battle the flames. As of 6 p.m. Tuesday, no injuries were reported, and no structures had caught fire.

There was no containment. The potential for 65 mph (104 kph) gusts limited flights by water-dropping helicopters and kept air tankers grounded, Cal Fire spokesperson Chloe Castillo said.

Tankers returning to the base for a retardant refill are “hot-loaded” (engines running) and generally back in the air five minutes later. Fire-response airplanes are almost all ex-military.

Keough said several air tankers, dozers, and additional firefighters will be working hard to gain containment on the fire on Thursday. Approximately 120 personnel were on the scene fighting the ...

Cal Fire presented the North Bay Business Journal an early look at its second of seven C-130 air tankers being retrofitted to drop fire retardant before it’s deployed to Fresno. The C-130 that ...