What is that red smoke fire fighters drop on wildfires?

4 months ago 6

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Salt Lakers watched as firefighters battled the Sandhurst Fire as it burned over 200 acres near Ensign Peak just above the Utah State Capitol over the weekend.

Among their efforts, low-flying planes could be seen dropping what appeared to be red smoke onto the mountainside. So what exactly is that red smoke that firefighters are dropping onto the flames?

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