Wildfire

Aerial firefighting on hold after drone flies over Naenae blaze

A drone being flown near a vegetation fire in the hills above Naenae has forced Fire and Emergency to suspend their aerial firefighting operations. Fire...

Caldor Fire 100% contained, two months after Lake Tahoe evacuations

The Caldor Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in rural El Dorado County and displaced tens of thousands of residents in and near South...

U.S Forest Service Says Goodbye to the Cobra

Story cover image by Jason Nava The United States Forest Service said goodbye on October 16th to their Vietnam war-era Cobra helicopters as an aerial...

With favorable weather, firefighters to aggressively attack Caldor

The cold front moving through the region Monday night into Tuesday brought high winds and dropped some rain on the Caldor Fire, and officials...

More than 500 homes under evacuation, pre-evacuation notices as Ptarmigan Fire grows to 85-100 acres

More than 500 homes are under evacuation or pre-evacuation notice as a wildfire burns near Silverthorne, and officials said the fire was an estimated 85-100...

Fighting the Caldor Fire a feat from the sky

Firefighters on the ground endure arduous conditions in terrain sometimes not fit for a mountain lion. But now they get the help of new...

Super Scoopers join firefighting battle

LANCASTER — The two yellow-and-red Super Scooper airplanes parked at Gen. William J. Fox Airfield belong to Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings LLC, a veteran-owned...

‘Not going to happen’: Officials assure community that air attack base is here to stay

Airport officials say rumors that a nearby housing development could push the Grass Valley Interagency Air Attack Base out of town are unfounded. Bulldozers and...

Reserve C-130 aerial firefighting teams fly during second busiest wildfire season

The 302nd Airlift Wing has three C-130 Hercules aircraft flying sorties out of McClellan Air Tanker Base this year in Sacramento County, California, performing an aerial...

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