This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The deadly wildfires in January revealed the limitations of Southern California’s water systems. When the ...
Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also ...
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the now nearly 16,000-acre Palisades Fire Tuesday, officials say the massive demand for water led to crews dealing with dozens of “dry” hydrants that had ...
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The Los Angeles City Council member representing the Westside, including much of the area decimated by the Palisades fire, called on the city's water utility Tuesday to explain why firefighters ran ...
As Los Angeles battles multiple fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials have faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A newly released LAFD report shows water tanker trucks faced delays and couldn’t get escort vehicles during the ...
MASSIVE FLAMES...NO WATER. TONIGHT, 16 WAPT INVESTIGATES THE DANGER OF DRY HYDRANTS, AFTER JACKSON FIREFIGHTERS FIND THEMSELVES WORKING TO FIGHT THESE FLAMES...ONLY TO DISCOVER A HYDRANT WITH NO WATER ...
Hydrants in the hills of the Pacific Palisades ran dry amid one of the worst blazes ever seen in Los Angeles County, forcing firefighters to scramble to draw water from pools and ponds or — even worse ...
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: ...