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

With conditions improving on the fire lines and containment growing, evacuation orders and warnings were dramatically scaled back Thursday around the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake.

A fast-moving brush fire rapidly exploded across thousands of acres of thick vegetation near Castaic Lake, prompting mandatory evacuations in the lake area and into the heart of Castaic, but while ...

A new wildfire erupted north of Los Angeles on Wednesday, exploding in size and sparking orders for tens of thousands of people to evacuate in a region already staggering from ...

This is the story of the Canadair CL-415, a Canadian-designed, Canadian-built amphibious water bomber pulling overtime over ...

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t ...

Despite the aircraft's impressive capabilities, California has not purchased any, rather choosing to lease them for 90-day ...

Firefighting "super scooper" planes refill by descending to ... Combating the California infernos:What is it the red fire retardant dropped by planes to fight LA wildfires? Authorities have ...

Two massive super scoopers planes have been on lease from ... Combating the California infernos:What is it the red fire retardant dropped by planes to fight LA wildfires? Authorities have arrested ...