Specialist aircraft used to slow spread of wildfires

A Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 MR aircraft drops fire retardant over a forest near Bordeaux on Monday Specialist aircraft are being used to battle wildfires in France, dropping fire retardant on vegetation and land where the wildfires are burning. The retardant works by depleting the fire of oxygen and slowing the rate of fuel combustion. It is usually sprayed around a wildfire on vegetation and land that is fire-prone to stop the flames from spreading to that area. The repeated use of the bright subs