Using seawater to fight fires can sound like a simple solution – the Pacific Ocean has a seemingly endless supply of water. In emergencies like Southern California is facing, it’s often the ...

The familiar, water-dropping aircraft are leased by the fire department from Quebec each year to help fend off California ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

Using seawater to fight fires can sound like a simple solution—the Pacific Ocean has a seemingly endless supply of water. In emergencies like Southern California is facing, it’s often the only ...

Fighting the deadly wildfires in Southern California requires a coordinated ... Specialized aircraft are dropping massive amounts of water and colorful fire retardant to aid thousands of ...

A multitude of planes ... water or be mixed with a foam retardant," according to Cal Fire. The Air National Guard has flown C-130 Hercules planes "equipped with Modular Aerial Fire Fighting ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Southern California's wildfires ... hit one of the planes while fighting the Palisades Fire. These planes can scoop 1,500 gallons of water from large bodies of water ...

Forbes' latest edition of its Fresh Take newsletter focuses on a misconception about water politics amid Los Angeles wildfires, Red Dye No. 3's ban and more.

Salt is corrosive, and it can damage metal equipment, including critical equipment in water dumping planes and fire pumps ... do sometimes use salt water to fight fires; they just have to be ...