With hundreds of firefighters, from Los Angeles and Orange County, working the front lines of the Palisades fire, tanker planes were seen scooping ocean water to fight the blaze. Additional air ...

Footage shows firefighting tankers scooping up water from the Pacific Ocean to douse flames from the nearby Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades. Jan. 7, 2025. (Daniel Sparks via Storyful) ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday afternoon while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze, officials said. The ...

The aerial firefighters are scooping water out the ocean to tackle the blazes and ... Phos-Chek, a fertilizer-based liquid, is one of the most commonly used fire retardants dropped from planes.

In response to a lack of water, firefighters were seen Wednesday scooping water from the Pacific Ocean in a firefighting plane, according to KTLA 5 News.. Is it really that simple to use ocean ...

It’s capable of scooping 1,600 gallons of water from a lake in 12 seconds and dropping it on a fire minutes later. It can release water from as low as 100 feet. Other aircraft have to release at ...

Footage shows firefighting tankers scooping up water from the Pacific Ocean to douse flames from the nearby Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades. Jan. 7, 2025. (Daniel Sparks via Storyful) ...

Tanker planes scooping ocean water to fight Palisades fire. by Scott Snowden. January 7, 2025. in Environment, ... tanker planes were seen scooping ocean water to fight the blaze.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The pilot died when a single-engine firefighting aircraft crashed into a Montana reservoir Wednesday afternoon while scooping up water to fight a nearby blaze, officials said.