It was hardly the first time in recent years that a wildfire had encroached on an American neighborhood, and hardly the first time that hydrants were unable to make a serious dent in stopping an ...

The Los Angeles City Council member representing the Westside, including much of the area decimated by the Palisades fire, ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Firefighters work a hydrant in front of the burning Bunny Museum, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in the Altadena ...

In the unfortunate event of a bushfire or structure blaze, our life-saving fire brigades need to be able to access the fire hydrants on the street. But as one brigade has been seeing hydrants in the ...

While some fire hydrants in Los Angeles ran dry amid the ... beach to transport water to the hillsides of L.A. Here are a few key factors to know about how seawater is being used for firefighting ...

Testing and exercising the fire hydrants in Nevada City on a regular basis was put on hold during the drought in recent years, according to Bryan McAlister, Nevada City Engineer. “We weren’t doing ...

A motorcyclist was hospitalized after striking a fire hydrant on a La Jolla street Sunday ... while the area around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners I try to follow the ...

And though it’s a popular criticism, the fires weren’t exacerbated by Mayor Karen Bass going to Ghana. Perhaps she could have ...

Sign up for our Brooklyn Paper email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Firefighters rescued a man Wednesday ...

Crews responded to a shed fire on North Liberty Street shortly before 6 a.m. Firefighters quickly learned the hydrant in the area was frozen. Because of the ice they couldn’t use the hydrant.