An object is to provide a fire retardant material capable of being molded by an injection molding machine and free from deterioration of the physical properties and a molded body formed of the fire retardant material. A fire retardant includes a degraded polypropylene resin obtained by melt kneading a polypropylene resin and an organic peroxide, wherein a weight average molecular weight of the degraded polypropylene is from 50,000 to 200,000; and an inorganic filler, wherein a mass ratio of the polypropylene to the inorganic filler is from 95/5 to 10/90.