A firefighting plane collects water to battle the Bobcat Fire affecting Palmdale, California on Sunday afternoon (September 20).

The Canadair CL-415 SuperScooper can be seen swooping down to refill with water at a lake before flying away to dump it on the fires that have ravaged forest land in the state.

Additional footage shows haze and smoke filling the air in Palmdale, California on Monday evening (September 21).

Officials said the Bobcat Fire is one of the largest ever in Los Angeles County. It has been burning for more than two weeks and is just 15 per cent contained.

A firefighting plane collects water to battle the Bobcat Fire affecting Palmdale, California, on Sunday afternoon (September 20).

The Canadair CL-415 SuperScooper swooped down to refill with water at a lake before flying away to dump it on the fires that have ravaged forest land in the state.

Officials said the Bobcat Fire is one of the largest ever in Los Angeles County. It has been burning for more than two weeks and is just 15 per cent contained.

Flames that threatened Juniper Hills over the weekend have subsided.

Haze and smoke from the Bobcat Fire affecting fills the air in Palmdale, California, on Monday evening (September 21).

Officials said the Bobcat Fire is one of the largest ever in Los Angeles County. It has been burning for more than two weeks and is just 15 per cent contained.

Flames that threatened Juniper Hills over the weekend have subsided.