Aftermath of Los Angeles-area wildfires has many questioning how fire hydrants work
It's part of a bigger debate over water supplies during massive wildfires like those in the Los Angeles area, including the use of fire hydrants. Following the wildfires in Southern California, many have questioned how fire hydrants actually work. David Acuna, CAL FIRE Battalion Chief, said it depends on its water source.
Fact Check: Los Angeles firefighters did not use handbags to douse fire
Small canvas bags that Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) firefighters used as makeshift water containers to quickly put out a trash fire have been misdescribed on social media as women’s handbags, suggesting the LAFD is under-resourced because of budget cuts and donations of firefighting supplies to Ukraine.
Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the ...
Gavin Newsom has ordered a probe into why Los Angeles’ fire hydrants ran out of water amid a spate of wildfires that have ...
Fire hydrants in Los Angeles ran dry in parts of the city when firefighters needed them most, and some of the problems came ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California ordered an inquiry into a loss of water pressure after it was revealed that a reservoir was ...
Firefighters working to extinguish the wildfires in the Los Angeles area have faced challenges as hydrants either have water ...
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The truth about why fire hydrants lost pressure and ran dry during the Los Angeles firesMartin Adams, former general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, blows up some right-wing myths about ...
Even in the best of circumstances, a crisis like this would be a vector for bad information. The close Trump ally is only ...
Hundreds of fire hydrants were stolen from the ground for scrap metal in advance of the blazes raging across Los Angeles, ...
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is calling for an investigation into reports of fire hydrants being without water as crews ...
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