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.

ALTADENA, Calif. — Ryan Babroff hurried to a nearby hydrant, hoping to help firefighters and residents douse the massive flames consuming homes in this mountain community northeast of Los Angeles.

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. The fast-moving fire tested the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s municipal ...

With another bout of frigid temperatures about to hit the Edwardsville area, how likely is it that local fire hydrants will freeze? Not very likely, according to Edwardsville Fire Chief Brendan McKee.

“How do you fight a fire with no water?” Ryan Babroff, a volunteer firefighter battling the Eaton Fire, told The Washington Post. At some point this week, up to 20 per cent of the city’s hydrants went ...

The water system used to fight the Palisades fire in Los Angeles buckled under the demands of what turned out to be the most destructive fire in city history, with some hydrants running dry as ...

While misinformation has spread regarding hydrants running dry in the early stages of efforts to fight the Palisades fire last week, MAWA Project Manager Bob Harrington told board members that the ...