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 ...
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Meant to protect the land from wildfires, fire retardant could be doing damage of its own
Throughout the summer months, airtankers and fire-crews spray fire retardant across the territory for protection. It's a ...
An air tanker drops fire retardant on the Mosquito Fire as smoke fills the sky above Foresthill in 2022. An environmental group wants to ensure the Forest Service does not drop retardant in waterways ...
The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (KTXL) — Throughout ...
There’s a new tool to prevent wildfires and for the first time, it’s being used in San Luis Obispo County. Several miles of roadsides around Heritage Ranch near Lake Nacimiento are now coated with a ...
The firefighter pulled the black hose down a hill. “Good?” she called out. “All the way down,” a voice responded. Brea Kirklen kept walking. Below her were the remnants of a homeless encampment in a ...
A blizzard engulfed Michael Kovac’s house as the Palisades fire approached on Jan. 7 — “an absolute blizzard of embers,” he recalled. But by the time the smoke cleared, the 2 1/2-level, ...
NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Los Angeles Times reporter Hayley Smith about the use of a popular fire retardant that critics say is contaminating waterways. Many fire crews insist it's indispensable.
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