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Recent Examples of retardant
Helicopter crews worked night and day dropping water on flames for most of the week, and for several days, air tankers were sent to make retardant drops on fire in the remote, steep terrain.
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Pink flame retardant on a home in the hills of Mandeville Canyon on Monday.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
No firefighters reported significant injuries. 1 of 36 A helicopter drops fire retardant as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6, 2024 in Camarillo, California.
—Doug Duran, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Houses sprayed with fire retardant gel were untouched while several dozen houses nearby that went unsprayed burned to the ground.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
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Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2025
Pink flame retardant on a home in the hills of Mandeville Canyon on Monday.
—Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2025
No firefighters reported significant injuries. 1 of 36 A helicopter drops fire retardant as a home burns from the Mountain Fire on Nov. 6, 2024 in Camarillo, California.
—Doug Duran, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Houses sprayed with fire retardant gel were untouched while several dozen houses nearby that went unsprayed burned to the ground.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Retardant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retardant. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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