LAFD Battalion Chief Brett Willis and LAFD Chief Pilot Dan Child spoke about how their crews are holding up as they fight the California wildfires, what goes into each drop of water and fire retardant from firefighting aircraft and why they don't use ocean water to put out fires.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies in Atladena were told to wear masks and decontaminate uniforms because the air was "hazardous, containing lead, asbestos, and other

As Los Angeles residents fled an insatiable inferno in Pacific Palisades last week, aerial firefighter Diego Calderoni was plunging towards the flames at about 170 mph (275 kph) in a DC-10 jet.