Firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped a pink flame retardant that extinguishes ... How do flame retardants work? Flame retardants have chemical substances that delay the ignition ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores ...

A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los ... By slowing down wildfires, the fire retardants give firefighters time to work on the ground, according to the Western Fire ...

“This is like dumping cash out of airplanes, except that it’s toxic and you can’t buy anything with it because it doesn’t work ... fire seasons. In 2021, 52.8 million gallons of retardant ...

They often include bright pigments to aid pilots in dropping the retardant accurately. They work to slow the rate of fires by cooling and coating plants that serve as fuel to a fire, depleting ...

Also, sign up for NPR's breaking news alerts. Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around Los Angeles as firefighters attempt to limit the devastation ...

Government officials say chemical fire retardant is sometimes crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes. Wildfires across North America have grown bigger and more destructive over the ...

Parts of Southern California are covered with pink fire retardant as firefighters try ... the fire retardants give firefighters time to work on the ground, according to the Western Fire Chiefs ...

To do that, firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped a pink fire retardant that extinguishes ... or slowing down the spread of flames. They work due to both their chemical and physical ...

Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores ...