Los Angeles' municipal utility lacks a common safety procedure that may have kept water pumping to fire hydrants during an intentional power shutoff, though President Biden said the outage caused the ...

As the fires ravaging Pacific Palisades expanded and started moving toward his home in the Malibu Hills last week, Brent Woodworth connected two 100-foot hoses to his personal fire hydrant and put one ...

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Old Town Spring officials said they can breathe easier now that new fire hydrants are in place to protect the shopping village's wooden shops and buildings. "I think it's good that they now have some ...

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant ...

As wildfires raged across Los Angeles on Tuesday, crews battling the Palisades blaze faced an additional burden: Scores of fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades had little to no water flowing out.

More than 700 blocks across New Orleans have fire hydrants that collectively aren't up to the task of fighting a typical house fire. That means the hydrants don't have a large enough water source, ...

Believe it or not, fire hydrants "speak" to firefighters. They communicate through the color scheme with which the hydrant is painted. This is a standard means of communication and some variant of the ...

WASHINGTON — President Biden repeated what power utilities say is a false explanation of dry fire hydrants while defending California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass — after Newsom ...

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CLIFTON FORGE, Va. – A fire broke out Tuesday morning in Clifton Forge, but it is not the flames leaving neighbors worried; it’s the fire hydrants. The fire has raised concerns about the effectiveness ...