Why did fire hydrants run dry across Los Angeles?
Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the ...
Hydrants’ failure casts Los Angeles fire chief into public spat with City Hall
Kristin Crowley was elevated to Los Angeles fire chief in 2022 at a time of turmoil in a department consumed by complaints of ...
Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire
In Los Angeles’s chaparral-covered ecosystem, wildfires in the mountains are an annual ritual. But when those fires leaped ...
‘Completely Dry’: How Los Angeles Firefighters Ran Out of Water
As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can ...
Wildfires, dry hydrants and an empty reservoir
The Santa Ynez Reservoir was out of use and closed for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon water storage ...
Khloe Kardashian calls Los Angeles mayor ‘a joke’ amid ongoing wildfires
With five major wildfires continuing to devastate neighborhoods across Los Angeles, Khloe Kardashian took to Instagram to ...
The Los Angeles fires are a human disaster long in the making
As the community of Pacific Palisades in the city of Los Angeles burned to the ground Tuesday night, LA Mayor Karen Bass was ...
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Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires ravaged Los Angeles
As devastating wildfires raged across Los Angeles County this week, firefighters battling the blazes encountered fire ...
Los Angeles fires: Saltwater used to combat flames comes with immediate benefits but long-term risks
Firefighters have taken the rare but not unusual move of scooping up ocean water to help battle the flames as wildfires rage across Southern California.