As wildfires intensify, state and federal fire agencies are relying more on aerial fire retardant, sparking concerns over its ...

It doesn’t evaporate, like dropping ... scrutiny of fire suppressants has grown, the Forest Service has set buffer zones surrounding lakes and rivers, though its own data shows retardant still ...

A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, California on Monday (Jan. 13). | Credit: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Pink fire retardant is raining from ...

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the ... actually fire retardant, dropped by aerial firefighting tankers in massive plumes of red or pink. Unlike water drops, which ...

Firefighters work to clear a firebreak on a hillside covered with pink fire retardant in Los Angeles County. The substance is used to slow down a fire's progress. (Ringo Chiu/Reuters - image credit) ...

An air tanker took several passes over a smoldering hillside in Los ... This air tanker dropping fire retardant with surgical precision to the archer fire near the Granada Hills area of Los ...

Crews battling the deadly Los Angeles wildfires have been dropping a bright pink fire retardant across the city ... to be cleaned away by weather over time.

Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the hills around ... In the wild, the red color fades over time with exposure to sunlight. "You might see a gum or ...

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week are ones we expect with wildfires ... The eye-popping substance coating streets, cars and surfaces is actually fire retardant, ...