The Port Lavaca Volunteer Fire Department posted video of fire retardant being dropped Wednesday. Air drop in Rockport. Although several homes were lost, many were saved. Fire crews did an ...

Roughly a third of the ignitions occurred in areas the state Public Utilities Commission defines as having elevated or extreme fire risk.

For the first time ever, air tankers began dropping a fire retardant liquid east of the Mississippi River to combat the blaze, said the city of Greenville, which has provided firefighting support.

Roy Wright, IBHS CEO, emphasizes that "fireproof" is a misleading term. Fire resistant and fire prepared is a more accurate description. "Nothing is fireproof," he said. "What we can do is narrow ...

YOU COULD NOT SEE TABLE ROCK AT ALL. AND ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT. STEWART SAYS THAT FLAME RETARDANT IS BEING USED AT THE PERMISSION RIDGE FIRE, BUT NOT THE TABLE ROCK FIRE. AND THAT’S BECAUSE ...

YOU COULD NOT SEE TABLE ROCK AT ALL. AND ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT. STEWART SAYS THAT FLAME RETARDANT IS BEING USED AT THE PERMISSION RIDGE FIRE, BUT NOT THE TABLE ROCK FIRE. AND THAT’S BECAUSE ...