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 ...

As Los Angeles battles multiple fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials have faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants running ... pressure within the overall hydrant system, further straining ...

“Right now, we’re not utilizing the hydrants,” Kristin M. Crowley, chief of the Los Angeles Fire Department, said Thursday. By Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom had called for an independent ...

THEY RAN INTO TROUBLE, THOUGH, WHEN A FIRE HYDRANT WAS FROZEN. THE COLD WEATHER DEFINITELY HAMPERED US WITH THIS. WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH A FROZEN HYDRANT, BUT CREWS WERE READY FOR IT. THEY WERE ...

LET’S CONTINUE OUR WILDFIRE COVERAGE. IT’S BEEN A WEEK NOW SINCE MAJOR FIRES SPARKED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND SINCE THEN, THE PALISADES FIRE AND THE EATON FIRE HAVE BURNED A COMBINED ...

“If you can’t fill a fire hydrant, you aren’t qualified to host the Olympics. Move them to Dallas, or Miami, so the world’s athletes can compete in a place capable of actually safely ...

LA Palisades Fire: The Palisades Fire, one of the deadliest wildfires in California, may have reignited from an earlier New Year’s Eve blaze caused by fireworks, exacerbated by high winds. Satellite ...

The Palisades Fire that has devastated Los Angeles and killed at least eight people may have reignited from scorch marks left by an earlier inferno that is believed to have been caused by ...

The National Weather Service issued red flag warnings for severe fire conditions through Wednesday, with sustained winds of 50 mph (80 kph) and gusts in the mountains reaching 70 mph (113 kph).

A hill fire in the northwestern part of Hong Kong is under control after burning for more than 17 hours. The Fire Services Department said the blaze was brought under control at around 10.40am on ...

Some fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles ran dry this week after the wildfires overwhelmed the local water system. The problem unleashed a flurry of criticism, including ...

forcing the fire team to draw water from a fire hydrant on the main road located about 600 feet away,” he said. He said the situation was further complicated by unpredictable wind patterns, which made ...