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 ...

POWAY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Striking photos surfaced Saturday evening showing an air tanker releasing a cloud of red fire retardant over the Springhurst Fire in Poway — a coordinated firefighting ...

Firefighting aircraft have been key in California's battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire ...

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 ...

As California enters the height of wildfire season, Cal Fire aircraft are once again painting red lines across dry hillsides with a substance known as PHOS-CHEK. The fire retardant is used to slow or ...

Red phosphorus is an established flame-retardant additive for polyamide 66. Even small amounts of it are enough to provide thermoplastics with good fire-resistant characteristics with scarcely any ...