Officials were warned of failing water system before Palisades fire. Fixes never happened
Thousands of pages of records reviewed by The Times show L.A. County officials had for years described water infrastructure ...
Extreme demand took down LA's water system during the Palisades Fire. Here's how other U.S ...
Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other ...
Inside L.A.’s desperate battle for water as the Palisades fire exploded
When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's ...
LA water solutions underway faced delays before fire outbreak
As the wildfires and uproar from the response to the blazes continue in Los Angeles, the city has had past plans to fix the water flow — which went dry during recent firefights — but many of the ...
Do Florence fire hydrants work?
Some people are asking why crews had to shuttle water to fight a fire Monday night at a home along the 3900 block of West ...
Yahoo News26 天
Water tanks in the sky: How firefighting planes help ground crews combat LA wildfires
Fighting the deadly wildfires in Southern California requires a coordinated team effort – from tactical crews attacking hazardous hot spots on the ground to planes and helicopters providing fire ...
Los Angeles Daily News1 个月
In the Palisades Fire, LA DWP’s 3 huge water tanks all ran out of water
(Courtesy photo) “Those tanks help with the pressure on the fire hydrants in the hills of Palisades,” Quiñones explained, and “because we were pushing so much water in our trunk line ...
Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles
Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also unprepared for the age of urban wildfires.
KHOU 111 个月
No, Los Angeles didn’t refuse to fill water reservoirs prior to fires
Los Angeles filled its water tanks earlier this week, prior to the start of the current wildfire outbreak. Fire hydrants used by firefighters ran out of water because of high water demand that is ...