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As California fire season begins, debate over wildfire retardant heats up
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhile many fire experts say retardant is an invaluable resource for battling blazes, a growing...
California wildfires grew worse. The Forest Service dropped more retardant. Did it help?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGreg Bolin has watched the colorful spray of fire retardant fall from airplanes over the canyon near...
Weitz Analyst Corner: Perimeter Solutions
GuruFocus.com via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoPerimeter Solutions (NYSE:PRM) is a specialty chemicals company with a primary business in fire safety, which includes supplying wildfire retardants,...
Authorities investigate Cabazon helicopter crash that killed 3: 'This should never happen'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA spray of pink retardant marked a rocky hillside in Riverside County on Monday where, only hours...
Fighting fire from the sky: A glimpse inside the giants of Alberta's wildfire fleet
CBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWhen the fight against Alberta wildfires takes to the sky, airtankers are the giants of the fleet....
Inside the world of California's fire-reducing goats, a quirky but popular weapon against...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA herd of goats stand in their pen before grazing on drought-stressed land as part of city wildfire...
Fire-Safety Tips for the Holidays: How to Decorate, Celebrate and Avoid Tragedy
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGetty Year after year, the festive Winter holiday season is interrupted by heartbreaking news of...
British Airways plane catches fire on runway forcing passengers to be evacuated
Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe British Airways plane caught fire at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. (SWNS) Firefighters in...
EDITORIAL: Forest Service needs to be able to use fire retardant
The Observer, La Grande, Ore. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 2—The value of using airplanes to drop fire retardant is beyond dispute. Retardant, also known colloquially as "slurry," is the red liquid that pilots spray to block the spread of flames ...
SouthPark fire: New details, concerns emerge over type of construction used in apartments
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs investigators work to uncover the cause of last week’s deadly construction fire in SouthPark, new...