Fire crews say the first hydrant was dry while battling a two-alarm blaze that destroyed Last Call Sports Grill.

Nearly a year after the devastating fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena, residents and experts say the water problems ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An RV went up in flames at Lamar Avenue and Tuggle Road Wednesday afternoon. Thursday, FOX13 learned the response to that fire may have been delayed because when firefighters tapped ...

A popular Jackson sports bar caught fire early Tuesday morning, according to the Jackson Fire Department. Several fire crews were called to Last Call just before 1 a.m. and spent several hours putting ...

As Los Angeles battles multiple fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials have faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants running out of water. “How do you fight a fire with no water?” Ryan Babroff, ...

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 ...

When fire hydrants ran dry during the Pacific Palisades fire, it sparked a wave of anger and even misinformation. Here’s how L.A.’s water system works and what we know about why the hydrants ran out.

As fires exploded across parts of Los Angeles County in early January — decimating entire neighborhoods and causing at least 25 fatalities — one critical setback for firefighters was a loss of ...

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 firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: Where ...

SWEET HOME — The Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District has added a dry hydrant water supply system in Cascadia, bringing to three the total number of dry hydrants within the 1,200-square-mile ...

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