An air tanker drops fire retardant on a brush fire in Lytle Creek in December 2020. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times) For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming ...

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 ...

An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Mosquito fire as smoke fills the sky above Foresthill on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (TNS) — Greg Bolin has watched the colorful spray of fire retardant fall ...

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 ...

It’s a sight now synonymous with California’s fire season: A tanker aircraft flies over vegetation and drops a stream of red. But what exactly is that stuff? It’s fire retardant, used in preemptive ...

It’s widely used because it can slow flames in ways that water can’t. But it also contains heavy metals and other harmful compounds. By Hiroko Tabuchi From above the raging flames, these planes can ...

This is a developing story. For the latest local updates, head to LAist.com. Also, sign up for NPR's breaking news alerts. Air tankers are dropping thousands of gallons of red flame retardant in the ...

For most Californians, the sight of aircraft spewing neon pink liquid over flaming trees and brush has become a hallmark of aggressive wildfire suppression campaigns — if not a potent symbol of ...