Escapism and spirituality were two of the reigning themes this season. On the other end of the spectrum sat the more ...

A firefighting aircraft drops Phos-Chek pink fire retardant on Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7 (Image credit: Mario Tama/Staff via Getty Images) It's hard to measure the efficiency of fire retardant ...

A plane drops pink flame retardant during the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles, California on Monday (Jan. 13). | Credit: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Pink fire retardant is raining from ...

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the ...

Crews battling the deadly Los Angeles wildfires have been dropping a bright pink fire retardant across the city ahead of the advancing flames – leaving some wondering what the substance is ...

But what exactly is this pink powder, and how does it help contain wildfires? What is the pink fire retardant? The substance is Phos-Chek, a fire retardant, widely used across the US since the 1960s.

Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to ...

Pink fire retardant has stained houses and buildings in Los Angeles as the authorities continue to try and slow down the blazes that have killed at least 24 people. The spray, known as Phos-Chek ...

To do that, firefighting planes and helicopters have dropped a pink fire retardant that extinguishes the flames or slows down their spread. It has left houses, gardens and streets glowing a ...

In the battle against massive wildfires around Los Angeles, California, now on its 8th day, pink fire retardant powder is being sprayed on nearby vegetation and high-risk areas to slow the flames ...

But what's with the pink powder blanketing some neighbourhoods? The eye-popping substance coating streets, cars and surfaces is actually fire retardant, dropped by aerial firefighting tankers in ...