Aircraft that douse flames with water and bright red Phos-Chek fire retardant are a common sight in California. Aerial ...
Strong Santa Ana winds have complicated firefighting operations, making it difficult to execute precise aerial drops of ...
The C-130 air tanker, which is able to carry up to 4,000 gallons of water or fire retardant, proved to be a valuable aerial attack resource during the initial stages ...
CAL FIRE has the largest fleet of firefighting equipment of any civilian agency in the world. In all, it has 67 fixed-wing and rotary aircraft in its fleet, with plans to grow that number to 80 in the ...
The Cal Fire Fresno Air Attack base also sent help from the sky. Resources from across the Central Valley are now being moved around to fill in the gaps. For example, Madera and Mariposa came down ...
Four major fires driven by strong Santa Ana winds have charred about 62 square miles, according to Cal ... types of air pollution, raising the risk of dementia. "The use of wildland fire retardant ...
In fact, California reported similar fire whirls from the Carr Fire in 2018 and the Loyalton Fire in 2020. Fire whirls can grow upwards of 150 to 200 feet in the air, typically lasting just a few ...
With more moderate winds over Southern California, a fleet of helicopters and air tankers has been able to drop in the last two days hundreds of thousands of gallons of water and fire retardant ...
Fierce wildfires are raging in the Los Angeles area, with fast-moving flames burning through homes and businesses. Residents ...