A fire off the 405 Freeway spurred evacuation warnings in Bel-Air and Brentwood. • Red flag fire weather warnings will persist through Friday. • Gusts could hit 65 mph in the mountains.

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 ...

For decades, FD&C Red No. 3 has added its vivid cherry-red hue to candies and cupcakes—but its risks have been debated just as long.

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Celebrities are adding a blue pin to their red carpet outfits, which represent MusiCares fire relief fundraising for music industry professionals. The pins are in the shape of a pale blue heart ...

First, they help reduce the amount of fuel that a fire has, they can prevent combustion of the fuel that is available to a blaze and they make it more difficult for a fire to spread than water alone.

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It's apparent that these red trails are used to stop the spread of wildfires, but what makes up fire retardant and why is it different than only using water to fight wildfires? A structure burns ...

San Diego County remains under a Red Flag Warning, due to strong gusty winds and low humidity, until Wednesday night. The Lilac Fire and Pala Fire, which started Tuesday morning near Bonsall and ...

depleting the fire of oxygen, and slowing the rate of fuel combustion as the retardant's inorganic salts change how fuels burn." "It's basically a mixture of water, fertilizer, and then the red ...

“The red flag warning that is affecting us here in San Luis Obispo County is not covering any of the populated areas or mostly populated like we saw in Los Angeles," CAL FIRE Captain Eric ...