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 ...

LIVINGSTON, Mont. — A new fire retardant is making its way into Montana stores. The product is a liquid spray that homeowners can apply to their property that aims to prevent fire from taking hold.

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — All that greenery from the winter rain is starting to dry up, which can pose a wildfire danger. On Thursday, Cal Fire San Diego sprayed roadside retardant along Otay Lakes Road ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crews from Perimeter Solutions are working to reduce the chance of roadside fires in Mountain Home by spraying fire retardant ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

Jim Moseley stands poolside, aviator sunglasses perched on his head, holding a blowtorch. He’s got a stick that’s been treated at one end with SPF 3000, the fire-prevention spray he invented. We’re on ...

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 ...

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.