Beachfront house burns along Pacific Coast Highway as the Palisades fire sweeps across the coast. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an investigation into the causes behind ...

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, ...

The Bay Fire Department and Bay Waterworks are flow testing all fire hydrants in the city and will color-code each hydrant ...

Some fire hydrants ran dry in LA due to enormous water demand and infrastructure problems. President-elect Trump wrongly blamed a separate debate over water from northern California. Here's what you ...

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Those impacted by the fire said when firefighters arrived on New Year’s Day, they could not use a hydrant nearby because it ...

WESTFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – A lack of water in fire hydrants hindered firefighters from putting out a large house fire in Westfield on Wednesday. Fire engulfs home on Dubois Street in Westfield due to ...

Jackson firefighters struggled to find a working hydrant for several minutes after a fire a week ago, according to dispatch ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an investigation into the causes behind the loss of water pressure to fire hydrants, which hampered firefighting efforts in Los Angeles. Newsom says: ‘We need answers to ...

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, ...