Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.

A Southern California man operating a drone that collided with a firefighting airplane flying over Palisades Fire last month has admitted to recklessly operating the aircraft, federal court ...

A California man is facing up ... that crashed into a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft as the crew was battling the devastating Palisades Fire in California. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, has ...

A drone that authorities say was flying in restricted airspace on Jan. 9 put a fist-sized hole in the wing of a Super Scooper ...

Two pilots were taken to the hospital after a military plane they were flying crashed into the water near Shelter Island in ...

Night flying CAL FIRE Fire-Hawk helicopters provided aerial support over the fire, while fixed wing aircraft have been ordered to be over the fire in the morning hours. A substantial augmentation ...

Night flying CAL FIRE Fire-Hawk helicopters provided aerial support over the fire, while fixed wing aircraft have been ordered to be over the fire in the morning hours. A substantial augmentation ...

Two people inside a small plane that landed upside down in a California vegetable field refused medical treatment and were able to walk away from the crash.

Two people walked away unharmed after a small airplane crashed upside down in a field in Kern County over the weekend, authorities said. The crash took place about 11:15 a.m. near Minter Field Airport ...

Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, agreed to plead guilty to one count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, federal prosecutors in Los Angeles said.