Firefighters cannot reach all fires if homes aren’t accessible with their equipment, which makes responding much more ...

When the wildfires broke out on Jan. 7 across Los Angeles County, the unprecedented force of the Santa Ana winds delayed the aerial firefighting response. Although winds reached 100 mph at their peak, ...

Vitol sees peak oil at the end of this decade, at almost 110m barrels per day. By 2040, this will drop to current levels of about 105m bpd, the group estimates. Vitol said it picked a 15-year horizon ...

Multiple firefighting crews are working to put out a wildfire that started Tuesday in Leicester. According to Buncombe County ...

Gusty winds and then much-needed rain played a big role in the week firefighters worked to get 100% containment ...

An air tanker drops some over a house during the Toll fire in California in July 2024 Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons ...

Cal Fire lead air tanker instructor and pilot Bradley Baker explained that much of the agency ... The second thing would be, is it effective. If we make a couple of drops and we use two or three ...

Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other ...

As wildfires continue to burn in California, the Albuquerque-based 10 Tanker is still hard at work helping ground crews with ...

ROUND LAKE — Two people escaped their rural Round Lake home without injury early Sunday morning after fire broke out in the ...

Aerial firefighting companies supplement federal and state firefighting fleets, and their services are in high demand.

The very large air tankers typically take center stage during the day. But once the sun goes down, they're grounded, and the awe-inspiring precision of these nighttime helicopters take over.