A helicopter is being used to dump water on a wildfire which has spread over a large area of forest in Galloway, in the south west of Scotland. Emergency services were alerted to the fire at Glen ...

Firefighters announced progress Wednesday night on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina ...

The U.S. Forestry Commission's helicopter was used several missions, including dropping fire-starter to ... and in motion during a drop to spread a smaller amount of water over a larger area.

the sheriff’s helicopter was assisting by bringing water to drop on the fire, sheriff's spokesperson Christine Christofek said. Grubich too, said "any place there is open water" the helicopters ...

South Carolina Army National Guard helicopters conduct aerial, water-bucket operations on the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge ...

Anyone camping in the area was advised by police to leave as emergency services tackled the blaze. Helicopters were deployed to “water-bomb” the fire over the weekend and a fire engine remained at the ...

The Table Rock Fire and the Persimmon Ridge Fire ... has dropped 612,000 gallons of water across 557 water drop missions, Stillwell said. Helicopter rescue teams are also ready to "assist any ...

Richard Madgin, from Newton Stewart, said he spotted the fire as he was heading to Loch Dee to go fishing. He spoke to a firefighter who warned him to leave as the helicopter was on its way to drop ...