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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 ...

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 ...

Los Angeles County neighborhoods were painted red this week as planes flew — and continue to fly — overhead, dropping red clouds over communities scorched from several recent wildfires, including 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 ...

REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- With multiple fires still burning across Oregon, such as the Bachelor Complex, Wiley Flat and Flat Top blazes, NewsChannel 21 deep-dives into how fire retardant used in aerial ...

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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 ...

The U.S. Federal District Court of Montana heard oral arguments April 17 for the Forest Service Employees For Environmental Ethics’ lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service for the service’s ...

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As the first heat wave of summer plunges California into yet another wildfire season, some environmental groups are taking aim at a commercial fire retardant that most residents have grown all too ...