Firefighting Fleet News Today

Cal Fire is expected to add the seven completed C-130 aircraft to its fleet up and down the state.

Given how long it’s taken for the Air Force to convert the C-130 aircraft for firefighting, California wants to do it itself.

Casualties have been reported so far. well keep you updated as more information becomes available. in other news, an investigation under way at this hour to see if someone hacked mitt romneys private e-mail account and a new report claims that an anonymous hacker got into his hot mail account by answering a question to a security question about his favorite pet. according to the report, the hacker then changed his pa password. on the campaign trail, continuing their primary sweeps picking up win...

>>shepard: despite the fact did you focus on the maintenance and never the able, are they still working to replace the planes? >>guest: well, yes, a group of senators actually early this year pressured the forest service to take a harder look into the airborne firefighting fleet that currently is being used. i mentioned that three dozen grounded in 2004. depending on the fire the forest service will use small planes, large planes and helicopters, many are privately owned and work on a contract b...

Occurring the smoke from those fires, choking people in moscow, and this disaster could destroy one of the nations biggest exports, wheat, for years to come. fox news producer anya ardiva is joining us from moscow. anya, smoke becoming a huge problem we understand for russias firefighting fleet and for russian citizens. tell us what youre seeing and experiencing there in moscow. >> reporter: patti ann, thats right, the russians are going through surviving, i must say, the hottest summer on recor...

Democratic registration overwhelmingly changing measures. they approved the plan to change the states term limits laws cutting the tenure of big legislatures from 14 to 12 years. a wildfire is the largest in the nation. its one of several fires burning across the region right now. brand new video shows one fire in new mexico santa fe national forest moving dangerously close to the arizona border. u.s. forest officials acknowledge the need to upgrade the nations firefighting fleet. this after o...