A study by the University of Southern California estimates hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic metals have been dumped ...

Air tankers from around the state are working to contain a 30-acre wildfire in Yokuts Valley, Fresno County, which was first ...

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

Retrofitted C-130 cargo plane can fly farther, faster, and carry more fire retardant than other Cal Fire aircraft ...

In this Reality Check, The Tribune investigated how various areas are labeled under Cal Fire’s new fire hazard severity maps.

Winds died down just enough to give air tankers the green light to drop fire retardant loads over the Greer Fire in Apache ...

Firefighting planes are front-line combatants when a wildfire breaks out. They come in a wide variety of sizes, and their ...

The post Air Force Super Hercules planes drop over 25 loads of fire retardant on blazes — IDF appeared first on The Times of Israel.

For decades, Californians, and by extension, Americans, have lived alongside unhealthy flame-retardant chemicals embedded in their furniture, thanks to a few lines in a 1970s state law.

National mega-developer KB Home is marketing Dixon Trail as the first purpose-built “ wildfire resilient neighborhood ” in the United States. The next time fire rips through the chaparral in ...

Car seat belts release with red plastic buttons that are tucked between the seats. They can only be operated by pushing the ...