Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair ...

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 ...

Though some media footage, showed the colored, gel-like substance on homes ... “Can they drop retardant directly on a fire? Absolutely,” he said. “And, sometimes, they do.

Though some media footage, showed the colored, gel-like substance on homes ... cars and people because it isn’t an exact science. “Can they drop retardant directly on a fire? Absolutely,” he said.