LA Fires California water supply crucial for LA wildfire response allowed to run dry months before infernos: lawsuit Over a dozen Pacific Palisades Fire victims are suing the Los Angeles ...

“There is not a domestic water system in the country that could withstand what the Marshall Fire (in Boulder County) saw, or what California, Los Angeles, is seeing now,” said Dick Cleveland, Eagle ...

When fire hydrants ran dry, the L.A. Department of Water and Power struggled to get water where needed. The utility's operations chief explains the decisions as the fire spread.

The water shortage was the result of years of mismanagement of LA’s water system — including a federal indictment of a leader and high profile resignations — as well as major operational prob… ...

Firefighters battling the devastating Mountain fire faced issues with water availability and pressure. Officials confirmed two water pumps went out.

If active fire in seen in the burn area, call non-emergency dispatch at (928)337-4321 option 6. As a reminder, due to the vulnerability of Apache County's landscape, we remain on READY throughout ...

What many people don’t realize is the extent to which their community drinking water systems can be damaged by fire, how their water is affected and what they can do about it.

Fire retardants, on the other hand, contain fertilizer and other ingredients that don't evaporate once the water they're mixed with is gone, delaying a fire's spread for days, weeks or longer.

CBS News Los Angeles Live. People in the Palisades and Eaton fire evacuation areas should use bottled water and refrain from using their tap water until further notice.. The unsafe water alert and ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) CEO Janisse Quiñones told reporters that 20% of fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades area — around 200 out ...

In the Altadena area, where the Eaton fire burned through more than 13,000 acres and as many as 5,000 structures, firefighters also dealt with strains to the water system, but Chad Augustin, the ...

Critical fire weather is also commonly linked to high pressure in upper levels of the atmosphere, since these weather features can act as "heat domes," bringing clear skies, sinking air, very dry ...