Cal Fire currently has over 60 planes and helicopters within its firefighting fleet — and aircraft from its fleet have been heavily involved in the ongoing effort to combat the flames from above.

CAL FIRE's first operational C-130 Hercules appeared in the sky above San Jacinto on Monday, according to the agency. The massive aircraft, which began service as a U.S. Coast Guard search and ...

A brush fire that erupted Friday on a boulder-laden hillside near Lake Mathews scorched roughly two acres before Cal Fire aircraft stopped it. The non-injury “Rocky Fire” was reported at 3:08 p.m. in ...

Training in advance was prescient for helicopter crews who battled the recent Los Angeles wildfires, which devastated the region during what typically is the offseason for California forest fires.