We have seen those flames circling this area, and really disappearing over the backside of this ridge here, likely dropping fire retardant onto some of the homes below.

我们可以看到大火围了整个地区，但在山脊背面被燃剂扑灭，消防员有可能会向山上的房屋附近投放燃剂。

From literally throwing what they could at the threat like sprinkler systems that spray trees 35 to 40 feet in the air, and dropping fire retardant gel from aircraft into hard to reach groves, to extreme tree hugging.

从字面上来说他们尽其所能对大火进行喷洒，比如能喷射35到40英尺高树木的洒水系统，从飞机上对难以够到的树丛喷洒燃剂，另外还有紧紧裹树干。

Fire retardants are materials that can stop or slow the spread of fires.

防火剂这种物质可以止或者减缓火势的蔓延。

Both said that the ammonium-phosphates-based retardant is a fertilizer that can help invasive plants.

两人都表示，基于磷酸铵的燃剂是一种有利于入侵植物生长的肥料。

One fire burned much of the city to rubble and ash covered by the red fire retardant you see in these pictures.

一场大火把城市的大部分地区烧成了瓦砾和灰烬，上面覆盖着红色燃剂，你在这些照片中能够看到。

He told AFP the Forest Service usually does not drop the retardant in waterways and areas home to endangered animals -- unless the fire is threatening human life or public safety.

他告诉法新社，林务局通常不会在水道和濒危动物栖息地投放燃剂，除非火灾威胁到人类生命或公共安全。

All of our samples included flame retardants and UV stabilizers, an alphabet soup of BPA, BPF, BPS, and around two dozen chemicals on each of our bands.

三人的手环都都检测到了许多化物质，燃剂、紫外线稳定剂、双酚A、双酚F、双酚S以及大约 24 种其他物质。

He noted that it would take " a lot" of retardant to poison, say, a large body of water.

他指出，要毒害一大片水域，需要“大量”的燃剂。

No, actually. There's lots of toxins in all recycled plastic, but we're mostly just talking about flame retardants here.

其实并非如此。所有回收塑料中都含有大量毒素，但我们这里谈论的主要是燃剂。

Tankers whisking above the tree line, dumping retardant by the thousands of gallons to meet the advancing flames.

倾倒机在树木上方呼啸而过，将数千加仑的燃剂倾泻下来，以应对不断蔓延的火势。

The super-soakers dropping retardant trying to contain this but whoa it's raining down now.

这些“超级水枪”洒下燃剂想要控制住形势，哇，它们正往下掉。

" First it needs to identify those flame retardants – some of them are toxic, " he says.

“首先，它需要识别那些燃剂——其中一些是有毒的，”他说。

Hundreds of firefighters fought the fire on the ground and planes dropped water and retardant from above.

数百名消防队员在地面救火，飞机从空中降下水和燃剂。

Or fire retardants are a big problem these days. We're not sure what the problems are.

也许现在燃剂也是一个大问题。但是我们不确定是什么问题。

Helicopters take crews to the scene of wildfires and tankers drop flame retardant from the air.

直升机将人员带到野火现场，灭火飞机从空中投掷燃剂。

They are worried about the possible harm the retardants could cause to aquatic species.

他们担心这两种燃剂可能会对水生物种造成伤害。

Planes poured retardant on the fire from above, while firefighters battled the inferno on the ground.

飞机从空中向这场大火倾倒燃剂，消防队员则在地面上的火海中搏斗。

And electronics are imbued, often, with flame retardants.

而电子产品通常都含有燃剂。

The thick liquid tested by the Stanford University team was found to extend the life of the fire retardants without harming the environment.

而斯坦福大团队发现，经过测试的粘稠液体可以延长防火剂的生命周期，而且不损害环境。

We heard from Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti who says they are going to have Cal Fire plains come through to basically drop fire retardant, to help spot some of these fires, and just within the past 20 minutes.

我们从洛杉矶市长Eric Garcetti处得知，他们将命加州消防局投放燃剂，同时观察火情。