The action comes as more retardant is being dropped from the air than ever before amid longer, more active fire seasons. In 2021, 52.8 million gallons of retardant were dumped on federal ...

Yosemite National Park officials wasted little time responding to the first reports of a fire burning in the Mariposa Grove on the afternoon of July 7. The Washburn Fire started that afternoon ...

What is the red stuff they drop on fires? The trail of red clouds dropped over wildfires is known as Phos-Chek. This is a brand of long-term fire retardant. It has been used to fight fires since ...

According to the National Forest Service, the red smoke is a mix of fire retardant chemicals used to safely contain wildfire flames. The exact chemical makeup of the fire retardant varies ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant ... As large tankers drop tons of the retardant over swaths of Southern ...

The video the Super Hercules soar towards the smoke and drop fire retardant on the Palisades Fire. The vibrant red fire retardant is known as Phos-Check has been used by firefighters battling ...

A firefighting aircraft drops Phos-Chek pink fire retardant on Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 (Image credit: Mario Tama/Staff via Getty Images) It's hard to measure the efficiency of fire retardant ...

The goal is to slow or stop the fire's spread, especially if the area includes homes or other structures. "They don't tend to drop [retardant] directly in the center of an ongoing fire," McCurry says.

Crews battling the deadly Los Angeles wildfires have been dropping a bright pink fire retardant across the city ahead of the advancing flames – leaving some wondering what the substance is ...

while also impacting its water and retardant drop accuracy, a member of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection told reporters Monday. "So, each aircraft will have that ...

Judge Dana Christensen asked the Forest Service to update him every six months while it pursues the required permits to drop retardant. Former Cal Fire director and Mount Aukum resident Ken ...