Helicopter battling Nova Scotia wildfire crashes; pilot rescued aliveA firefighting helicopter crashed in Nova Scotia during the Long Lake wildfire operation. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon. The pi...
16 Aug, 2025, 10.16 AM IST
Unsung heroes of Los Angeles wildfires: The Super Scooper planes that are being used to douse the flamesAs the wildfires eventually resulted in a huge destruction in the Los Angeles, at the same time, there were some specific kind of planes wh...
13 Jan, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
Nainital forest fire: Uttarakhand CM says Army called in to extinguish blazeForest fires in Nainital continue for over 36 hours, posing a substantial challenge. Indian Army and Air Force helicopters assist in contro...
27 Apr, 2024, 02.57 PM IST
1.95 lakh forest fires over the past decade in India, Lockheed Martin can help, says execThe interest for firefighting has grown from operators across the globe including India over the past three years with global warming, the ...
12 Feb, 2023, 09.20 PM IST
Chandigarh: Droupadi Murmu, Rajnath Singh witness IAF prowess on first Air Force Day celebrations outside Delhi-NCRIt is the IAF's first annual Air Force Day parade and fly-past outside the Delhi-National Capital Region, which also saw the participation ...
08 Oct, 2022, 07.39 PM IST
Air Force Day: What will be on display at IAF flypast in ChandigarhNearly 80 military aircraft and helicopters will be participating in the Air Force Day fly-past in Chandigarh. It is for the first time tha...
08 Oct, 2022, 10.25 AM IST
IAF deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters to douse fire in Lunglei districtIndian Air Force is deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters, equipped with Bambi Bucket, to douse the major fire in the Lunglei district and adjo...
25 Apr, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
Manipur seeks Centre's help to douse forest fire in Shirui peakOfficials said the air force is deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters with bambi buckets to help control and douse the fire at the request of t...
29 Mar, 2021, 02.52 PM IST
Dzükou Valley wildfire under control, say officialsReviewing on the ongoing activities at Dzükou, DC & DDMA Chairman informed that the situation was more or less under control .The activitie...
05 Jan, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
Fire spreading in ecologically-sensitive Dzukou Valley of Manipur-NagalandAuthorities said the fire, which possibly started in the afternoon of December 29, is spreading towards the Manipur side of the Valley and ...
04 Jan, 2021, 06.22 PM IST
Dzukou Valley fire: Indian Air Force deploys Mi-17V5 helicopter to control the fireWith fire in Dzukou Valley along the Manipur and Nagaland razing, Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed the Mi-17V5 helicopter to tame the wi...
31 Dec, 2020, 07.23 PM IST
BSF gets two new military Mi-17-V5 hoppers for operationsThe two Mi-17-V5 choppers are the first batch of the total eight helicopters' fleet which are expected to join the Border Security Force by...
13 Jul, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
Container ship fire doused after 65 hours: OfficialThe Coast Guard said there had been no oil spillage from the MV SSL Kolkata which caught fire on Thursday night and was abandoned by its cr...
18 Jun, 2018, 10.23 AM IST
Air Force helicopter deployed to contain Delhi's Malviya Nagar firePreviously on Tuesday night when the massive fire broke out at the godown, 40 tenders were rushed to the spot to no avail.
30 May, 2018, 01.53 PM IST
Vaishno Devi yatra resumes as choppers brought in to douse forest fireThe authorities have deployed a large number of forest officials who are being assisted by shrine board officials as well as locals.
24 May, 2018, 05.15 PM IST
After blaze, Uttarakhand may face a water crisisThe scientists say that this time the fires have burnt vast swathes of green cover, like bushes and plants, which absorb and hold the water...
05 May, 2016, 08.16 AM IST
Major forest-fire outside Vizag, IAF choppers deployedFour IAF helicopters were pressed into service to extinguish a massive and widespread forest fire that started in the pristine forest areas...
07 Nov, 2014, 10.45 PM IST