Firefighting pilots already fly low, heavy, and blind through smoke, turbulence, and dangerous terrain. Now they face a new ...

A firefighting plane working wildfires in northern St. Louis County was struck by a bullet Friday night while scooping water from Kjostad Lake, authorities say. The single-engine Air Tractor made it ...

The pilot noticed something was wrong during the flight, but only discovered a bullet hole in the tail after landing at the ...

The man accused of shooting at a firefighting tanker bomber has been officially charged. Daniel Christian Pettit, 48, of Orr, ...

A man accused of shooting at a plane helping to put out a wildfire near Orr in northeastern Minnesota claims he was crow ...

DULUTH ‐ An Orr, Minn., man accused of shooting at a firefighting plane that was tending to a wildfire in Portage Township on Friday has been arrested. He is facing charges of reckless discharge of a ...

A no-fly restriction is now in place over the property of Daniel Pettit, 48, the man accused of shooting at a firefighting plane near Orr in northeast Minnesota. The DNR says the restriction is meant ...

The incident happened on Friday as the plane was scooping water to drop on a wildfire in Portage Township, northeast of Orr in northern St. Louis County.

One reason last week’s collision between a firefighting plane and a drone caused such a stir was because Los Angeles doesn’t have many spare “Super Scoopers” to take the aircraft’s place. The Los ...

A man has been arrested after a firefighting plane was shot in Orr, Minnesota on Friday evening, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Daniel Christian Pettit, 48, was taken into custody ...

Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, joined by Corey Hogan, ...