How and why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles? - Critics have erroneously blamed California environmental policies ...

The dry hydrants prompted a swirl of criticism on social media, including from President-elect Donald Trump, against Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s water management policies. The ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An RV went up in flames at Lamar Avenue and Tuggle Road Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, FOX13 learned the response to that fire may have been delayed because when firefighters tapped ...

Remnants of a home that burned in the 2025 Palisades fire along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. As the flames of the Palisades fire licked at his home, Ricardo Kawamura stood in his front yard ...

To report damage to a fire hydrant, contact your local city or county public works department, water department, or call 311.

CALIFORNIA, USA — A lack of water made the firefight even more difficult from the start. Within hours of the Palisades Fire igniting in Los Angeles, firefighters were faced with empty fire hydrants, ...

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least 25 fatalities — one critical setback for firefighters was a loss of ...

Opening a fire hydrant is the first real test of strength at the Tulsa Fire Academy, according to Stan May, public information officer for the Tulsa Fire Department. It takes 22 1/2 turns of the stem ...

It’s been more than seven years since fire hydrants in southern Ventura County rapidly ran dry as the Thomas fire exploded — something Assemblymember Steve Bennett hoped he would never see repeated.

The water level is dropping at the Dunham Reservoir and people living nearby say there continues to be a fire hazard. The NYS Parks department, working with the Grafton Fire Department fixed the dry ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside, a destroyed home is black and stark, made of tarps and the remains of furniture. Just one look tells you everything: A disaster. But it wasn’t always like that. For two ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The water system used to fight the Palisades ...