Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a vehicle fire that nearly spread to fuel tanker Wednesday ...

The aircraft can hold about 4,500 liters (1,200 gallons) of fire retardant that it can drop in the path of fires. The planes are smaller than many air tankers and can be used in fast initial ...

The C-130 air tanker, which is able to carry up to 4,000 gallons of water or fire retardant, proved to be a valuable aerial attack resource during the initial stages ...

Air tankers and chemical fire retardants have been used since the 1950s, allowing firefighters to reach difficult spots. The U.S. Forest Service says retardants are used to "slow the rate of ...

when a propane tank used for heating malfunctioned, according to Rodriguez. The incident was investigated by the Office of State Fire Marshal and ruled accidental, according to Moss.

Fire hydrants do not generally have the capacity to be used in large-scale firefighting ... the city including the three 1 million-gallon tanks in the Palisades area. We also fueled all our ...

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Further, Dell's leg was placed in a vacuum splint, which is used when there is concern for ... which was the result of some friendly fire in the end zone. While he held on for the touchdown ...

Putin's blundering troops were caught on footage driving their tank straight into a ditch before Ukrainian drones opened fire on the sitting ... Just last week, Ukraine used British Storm Shadow ...

“He had a propane tank, or a… it was a big ... trying to light something on fire,” she continued. The suspect claimed that he used a blowtorch “to smoke marujuana” because he “couldn ...

Firefighters used foam to ... Providence Fire Chief Derek Silva said. An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire that erupted inside a corn oil storage tank in the Port of Providence ...

Cheever said the terminal manager was able to keep the flames at bay with a fire extinguisher ... beyond the storage tank. Corn oil is a biodiesel that is typically used for heating, according ...