I'm a third-generation firefighter — and I'm helping to battle the LA fires from the air in a DC-10 fire bomber. Here's how we do it.

As multiple deadly wildfires continue to burn across the Los Angeles area, firefighters are getting some extra help from fire departments across the country and neighboring countries.

They return to an air tanker base east of Los Angeles, in San Bernardino, to mix new retardant and pump it on the airplane. >>> BOOTS ON THE GROUND: See how New Mexico's firefighters are battling ...

Evacuation orders have been lifted for thousands of Californians, while new blazes ignited in the city of San Diego and on the Mexico border and a red flag emergency warning for critical fire risk was extended.

"These fires are becoming more common. What they were to call them is mega-fires," Nathan Miller said. He is leading the New Mexico Strike Team battling the Los Angeles fires. Although the fires have been unpredictable, he says his team continues to stand ready.

SANTA FE, N.M. – Among the thousands of personnel and hundreds of fire engines in Los Angeles right now are a few familiar faces from New Mexico. Teams from five agencies across the state ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo said that her country was sending support in part because many Mexican people live in the Los Angeles area.

The Los Angeles fires loomed over the nomination hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Energy on Wednesday. Nominee Chris Wright focused on the importance of nuclear energy,

“Our heart goes out to Los Angeles. This is so devastating ... Utah, Colorado, Idaho and New Mexico fighting the fires, Bass posted on X on Dec. 12. Firefighters from Mexico, Canada, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, and New Mexico ...

As multiple deadly wildfires continue to burn across the Los Angeles area ... states like Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington have sent firefighters.

It was in June 2023 when smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted into the U.S., producing eerie images of orange skies over New ... Los Angeles. The support team will include firefighters from ...

Firefighters are battling a new brush fire that erupted in San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border, as they also race to contain the Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake.