On Wednesday afternoon, First Officer Henry Williams and his captain had a birds-eye view of the Crosho fire as they dove through the rising clouds of smoke in a Canadair CL-415 aircraft with hopes of ...

Fire crews are days into a challenging battle against a firestorm in Los Angeles, and one of the critical tools in the fight has been the effort from above. Enter the CL-415 Super Scooper — one of the ...

They are more than 65 feet long, with a wingspan of roughly 93 feet; inside, only a pilot and co-pilot sit. The power and purpose of these planes come from their tanks, which hold 1,600 gallons of ...

A Super Scooper firefighting plane was grounded after hitting a drone in the skies over LA. It's one of only two Super Scooper planes helping fight the wildfires ravaging the area. The FAA has placed ...

VAN NUYS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With two newly arrived Super Scoopers serving as a backdrop, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials on Friday touted their preparedness for the 2025 wildfire ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining ...