A house was destroyed in an overnight fire after firefighters encountered multiple dry hydrants that delayed their response.

Some fire hydrants in Pacific Palisades ran dry overnight Tuesday due to "extreme demand" and low water pressure, Los Angeles officials said. Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer of ...

L.A. County firefighter Scott Takeguma works to douse the flames on the remnants of a home in Altadena on Wednesday. More photos (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) As crews have fought the ...

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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – As firefighters battled the now nearly 16,000-acre Palisades Fire Tuesday, officials say the massive demand for water led to crews dealing with dozens of “dry” hydrants that had ...

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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. But ...

LOS ANGELES — As crews have fought the fast-spreading fires across the Los Angeles area, they have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and fire hydrants that have gone dry. These problems ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: ...