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For the third straight day, fire officials report that the Trout Fire outside of Silver City, New Mexico, remains at 83 ...
Stories in this list received the most page views on postindependent from June 23-30. Update 10:30 a.m.: Evacuations remain ...
The Altitude Apartments were evacuated around 7:40 p.m. Thursday while ground and aerial units battled the blaze east of 27th Street and Glen Avenue. Emergency crews launched an aerial attack, with a ...
Operating under the call sign 7PJ (Papa Juliet), the Chinook can deliver 2,300 gallons of water in a single drop and uses a ...
A fire that broke out in a rugged gully northeast of Walmart in Glenwood Springs on Thursday night has been extinguished, ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Fire Department released renderings of its Firehawk helicopter which is set to level up firefighting power by 400% per helicopter, according to the Kern ...
Cal Fire is informing the community that low-flying helicopters may be seen in the sky above parts of Sacramento and Amador counties over the next few days.A comprehensive, multi-day training ...
Michael Fournier was making water drops on Aug. 19, ... LOS ANGELES — The family of a helicopter pilot who died when his helicopter crashed in 2020 while fighting a wildfire in Southern ...
He's one of the helicopter pilots with his CH-47 Chinook Helicopter "Boomer." After a full day of operations, Earl has posted some videos of the work they've been doing. You can see how they pre-treat ...
Michael Fournier was making water drops on Aug. 19, 2020, over hilly, rugged terrain when his bright red Bell UH-1H copter suddenly plunged into a hillside as he was helping battle the Hills Fire ...
SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. - New York Army National Guard helicopter crews partnered May 8 with state Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers to hone their firefighting skills along the ...