Nearly two dozen US marines were treated for exposure to a fire retardant gas on Thursday after an extinguishing system went off in an assault vehicle during a training exercise. There were no serious ...

The halon gas was instead exposed to oven temperatures far above its decomposition threshold of 482°C, whereupon halon breaks down into such toxic by-products as hydrogen bromide, hydrogen chloride, ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A-Gas, a world leader in the supply and lifecycle management of Halon based fire suppressant gases has acquired the business of Halon.US., Inc in California.

A-Gas, which is backed by KKR, has acquired Halon.US, a fire suppression business in California. No financial terms were disclosed. BOWLING GREEN, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A-Gas, a world leader in the ...

FAA SAFO 10004 warns aircraft operators of possibly contaminated halon gas in fire extinguishers and provides testing information. With pure halon supplies dwindling, civil aviation will increasingly ...

The probe into a blast that tore the face off a building at Petroleos Mexicanos's Mexico City headquarters and killed at least 33 people continued, with authorities saying they still don't know what ...

A man jailed for a fraud involving the supply of halon gas for aeroplane fire extinguishers has been given six months to pay £140,000 – or serve a further two and a half years in prison. A judge made ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- FDNY and EMS workers responded to Costco in New Springville after a fire suppression liquid was discharged from the roof of the gas station at the wholesale store. The substance ...

Six halon fire extinguishers were used to combat an overheating aft galley oven on a KLM Boeing 777-200ER, but investigators state that this was ineffective – because there was no fire – and actually ...