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 of ...

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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - Firefighters are getting the upper hand on the Wolf Fire burning south of Banning. The brushfire is at 35 percent contained and has burned more than 2,400 acres. This progress ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation ...

Editor's Note -- Here's the latest in a series of articles written by a team of investigative reporters from Utah who spent several months probing wildland firefighting. Dec. 16--Before heading to the ...

FIREFIGHTING TOOL TO CREWS IN THIS AREA. THAT RED POWDER THAT WE OFTEN SEE DURING WILDFIRES NOW BEING PRODUCED RIGHT HERE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. I HEREBY DECLARE THE PARK OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND ...