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The Hemet-Ryan Air Attack Base in Riverside County will be used as the nearest fire-retardant reloading facility. A temporary ...

Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try to control deadly wildfires raging in ...

But Emery noted: "The best way to stop a fire is to stop it from starting." "That retardant is just as effective two months from now that it is the day you lay it down," he said.

Aircraft often drop more retardant than water each year on fires in California. From 2006 to 2024, more than 194 million gallons of various types of fire retardant were dropped by aircraft ...

The ammonia-based fire retardant will sting if it gets into cuts or scratches, or if it comes into contact with chapped or burned skin, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Study raises concern over flame retardant chemicals used in some cars Two years ago, Veena Singla of San Francisco volunteered to participate in a study researching drivers' exposure to flame ...

Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows them to continue An aircraft drops fire retardant between a wildfire and homes in the Black Forest area northeast of Colorado ...

That year, the Forest Service poured 52 million gallons of fire retardant onto forests and shrubland across the country. Air tankers, which can hold 8,000 gallons of retardant, usually use it as a ...

OMAK, Wash. — The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) invented fire retardant in the 1950s and for decades the agency has said it’s one of the most important tools to slow the progression of fast ...

An air tanker drops flame retardant on the Anza Fire Monday afternoon. The Anza Fire burns in Riverside County, CA in the San Bernardino National Forest near Anza, CA Monday August 10, 2015.