Orange County, Airport Fire and Southern California
Update: Airport Fire remains 74% contained, 23,519 acres burned in Orange, Riverside County
Airport Fire initially started 1:21 p.m. Sep. 9 in Orange, Riverside County. After being active for 13 days, it has burned 23,519 acres. A crew of 1,189 firefighters has been working on site and, by Sunday afternoon, they managed to contain 74% of the fire. The wildfire originated from equipment usage.
Fundraiser created for injured OC firefighters in rollover crash following Airport Fire
The chief says firefighters have a “tough road ahead.” All who were injured were members of two hand crews that had been battling the Airport Fire since it ignited Sept. 9.
8 California firefighters injured in freeway rollover after battling Airport Fire
The crash occurred when an Orange County Fire Authority truck swerved to miss a ladder in the road, causing it to flip, reports say.
4 O.C. firefighters hurt in crash after battling the Airport fire remain hospitalized
Six firefighters who had been battling the Airport fire remained hospitalized after their vehicle rolled over on State Route 241.
California firefighters remain hospitalized after truck flips over on freeway
Eight firefighters were injured, including six critically, after a fire truck rolled over and crashed on a California freeway on Thursday evening.
Firefighters hospitalized after fire truck crash on Southern California freeway: "A tough road ahead"
The firefighters had been battling the massive Airport Fire​ before eight were seriously injured in a rollover crash on a freeway in Orange County, officials said.
4 Orange County firefighters remain hospitalized after crash while returning from Airport Fire
Four Orange County firefighters remain hospitalized Friday after a rollover crash on a freeway in Irvine.The single-vehicle crash occurred Thursday night when the hand-crew truck struck a guardrail and overturned in lanes on State Route 241,
Firefighters battle challenging conditions as they work toward full containment of Airport Fire
The fire, which erupted September 9th, was 74 percent contained after destroying 160 structures and damaging 34 others.
Airport Fire update: Full containment expected next week as firefighters beat back blaze
Firefighters continued to make progress battling the Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside counties, holding the spread and ...
Parties affected by Airport fire begin filing claims against County of Orange
The County of Orange has received the first claim over losses from the Airport fire that has destroyed a reported 160 ...
JetBlue flight makes emergency landing at Salina Airport
A commercial flight traveling from New York to San Diego made an emergency landing in Salina Saturday evening after crews ...
The FAA relocated 24 air traffic controllers. It caused 800 delays within 2 weeks at Newark Airport.
CBS News New York has learned the relocation of 24 air traffic controllers in late July caused hundreds of flight delays at ...
‘Built by Pittsburgh for Pittsburgh': 4 The Record looks at future of Pittsburgh Int'l Airport
On Sunday, 4 The Record host Ryan Recker sat down with Christina Cassotis, the CEO of the Allegheny County Airport Authority, ...
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Nose of jet crashes through window of terminal at Teterboro Airport while taxiing
NEW JERSEY (WABC) -- The FAA is investigating after a business jet smashed through the window of a building at the main ...
Emergency declaration reissued for Airport fire by Orange County health officer
Kwong, Orange County's health officer, on Friday reissued an emergency declarationn for the Airport fire that began Sept. 9 ...
Airport Fire's growth stopped as containment rises, over 100 Southern California homes lost
The Airport Fire, which destroyed more than 110 homes in Orange and Riverside counties, stopped spreading this week as ...