Fire in L.A.: How does the pink flame retardant work?
Flame retardants like ones used in wildfires are also used in cladding and electrical appliances. Some are toxic for humans and the environment.When the infamous, hairdryer-like Santa Ana winds weaken ...
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Fire in LA: How does the pink fire retardant work?
To do that, firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped a pink fire retardant that extinguishes the flames or slows down their spread. It has left houses, gardens and streets glowing a ...
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Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to ...
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What's in the pink fire retardant being dropped on LA, and is it dangerous?
A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, California on Monday (Jan. 13). | Credit: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Pink fire retardant is raining from ...