Insurance company uses fire retardant gel to protect homes from wildfires. Aug. 30, 2007 — -- Throughout the summer wildfires have threatened homes in the western United States, and now some of ...

Kelly Cobiella is a CBS News Correspondent based in Miami. When our crew arrived at John Bartlett's factory, the place was buzzing. Hundreds of gallons of his product, Barricade Fire Gel, were being ...

The devestating Blue cut fire failed to burn any homes that had been covered with fire-resistant gel, including a new version being tried by fire officials for the first time, according to the San ...

Although it is not perfect, a fire-resistant gel saved”numerous” homes from the flames of the 50,000-acre Poomacha fire,according to fire Chief George Lucia of Palomar Mountain. In August, the Palomar ...

(KRON) — Stanford University engineers are developing a gel that helps protect houses and other buildings from wildfires. Surprisingly, engineers say the powder found in disposable diapers helped ...

A fire gel made from the same material found in diapers is being used to save houses during wildfires. Firefighters that are working with the Chubb Insurance Company are usinga product calledThermal ...

A Lenexa woman learned the dangers posed by gel fuels long before this week's warning from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Last October, Pam Polson and her family sat on the patio catching up ...

At least in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, summer heat often means wildfires with many casualties. New fire retardant gel products, though, may provide a structure-saving solution. This ...

In the 2007 Malibu fire, residents made headlines by hiring private companies to dispense a fire-retardant gel on their homes. Now that gel is available to homeowners so they can apply the coating ...

— -- Consumers and relatives of victims are pushing for a ban on tabletop firepots and the "gel fuels" used to ignite them because of the burn risks. Firepots, which are also known as personal ...