Forest fires: retarding, foaming… what products do planes drop?

Water, but not only. To fight forest fires, other products are dropped by Canadair or Dash pilots on inflamed or threatened areas, in support of firefighters on the ground. Tuesday, August 9, the planes thus carried out “116 drops of water, 52 drops of foam and 55 drops of retardant”, indicated on Twitter Pierre-Emmanuel Portheret, deputy director of national means at Civil Security.