A Los Angeles, des avions larguent des milliers de litres d'une substance rose fluo au-dessus des forêts, des maisons et des voitures. Cette matière est un retardateur de flamme.
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00:00Le pink thing is a chemical called Fos-Check and it's dropped from the fixed wing aircraft
00:29and sometimes from the helicopters and what it is, is it's a fire retardant material.
00:34It has chemicals in it that when it attaches to the vegetation and the wood of the houses
00:39and stuff like that, it helps to prevent the spread of the fire.
00:43It makes the material that it's attached to less flammable.
00:46The water is dropped on areas that are currently actively burning or right next to them, whereas
00:50the Fos-Check, the retardant, can be dropped farther in advance of the fire.
01:12It can be washed off.
01:13It's designed to be sticky.
01:14The whole reason that it works so well is when it hits, it sticks to everything.
01:17So it has a property to it that makes it adhesive and adheres.
01:20So it's a little bit difficult to get off, but you can get it off with soap and water.