It includes Cal Fire HAWK helicopters. Although the state’s most destructive infernos have mushroomed in the last decade, the use of aircraft to fight wildfires was first proposed in 1931.

A raging wildfire spreading across southern California has sparked its own destructive weather, including thunderstorms that brought a series of devastating lightning bolts, according to weather ...

Wildfires have been raging near Los Angeles, California and Reno Nevada in the US. Los Angeles fires forced residents to ...

Authorities said the fire was unintentionally caused by heavy equipment used by an Orange County public works crew.

The spread of the destructive Airport Fire burning in Orange and Riverside counties has slowed Thursday, firefighters said.

Another evacuation warning was issued by the Cal Fire/Riverside County ... and fixed-wing aircraft were assigned to the fire, including the OCFA’s new Firehawk helicopters.

A CAL FIRE Hawk from the Boggs Mountain Helitack Base was one of three type-1 helicopters deployed to tackle the blaze on Saturday. The imagery of the operations was shared by CAL FIRE ...