Two large air tankers from New South Wales have arrived in Tasmania to bolster firefighting efforts on the West Coast. The ...
Aerial firefighting has become an essential part of wildfire suppression strategies, offering the speed, precision, and ...
A fuel-laden tanker was reported to have lost control and smashed several vehicles before going up in flames. In a statement issued on Monday by Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the National President of ...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) at the weekend evacuated petroleum tankers parked illegally across major roads and bridges in the state. One hundred and twenty tankers ...
The Los Angeles fires first started on January 7, 2025, as a result of strong winds. According to NBC, the first area to be impacted was Pacific Palisades, a neighborhood of Los Angeles just east of ...
A video shows the cockpit view of California Air National Guard pilots flying low and dropping fire retardant over the Hughes Fire in Los Angeles County.
John-Mark Koetitz, a pilot with the 115th Airlift Squadron, pilots a California National Guard MAFFS (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System ... into military C-130 aircraft without major ...
Equipped with airborne fire-fighting systems, C-130 Super Hercules planes are flying missions over the wildfires in Southern California that started earlier this month. California Air National ...
The driver of a petrol tanker lost his life while his assistant, popularly known as ‘Motor Boy’ was rescued by men of the Oyo State Fire Service along Iwo – Ojoo Road in Ibadan, the state ...
Fighting the fire was extremely ... from hydrants at one point and had to truck in tankers of water from miles away. The cause of the fire appears to be linked to a large charger device typically ...
Fire fighting Resources Assigned “Several fires have broken ... waterscoopers (amphibious planes), Large Air Tankers (LATs), C-130’s with the Military Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) and DC-10 ...
After five minutes, all firefighters were accounted for, and Miller upgraded the fire alarm, calling for all available tanker trucks. TV6 was there and counted at least 14 trucks that carried ...