Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard, moved flammable patio furniture inside and hooked up her private fire hydrant to two long hoses that she left coiled tightly on the ground.

Before evacuating from her Malibu home the day the Palisades fire erupted, Cassandra Riera soaked the plants in her yard ... on hose length and other factors; the 10-piece private hydrant ...

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants ran out of water fighting the fires, but city fire and utility officials say it was caused by a sudden surge in demand and limited capacity of city pipelines, not lack ...

When they stretched their hose, they had a frozen hydrant in front of the building, so they had to go up and find another hydrant up the road, so there was a delay in water. We have water in the ...

It was hardly the first time in recent years that a wildfire had encroached on an American neighborhood, and hardly the first time that hydrants were unable to make a serious dent in stopping an ...

BAY CITY, MI — Frozen fire hydrants made for a difficult time in firefighters’ efforts to battle a house fire in Bay City, a blaze that claimed the life of two family pets. Fire crews were ...

A Jan. 11 Instagram post (direct link, archived link) claims to show a costly and empty rainbow-painted fire hydrant across the street from a row of homes engulfed in flames. “No water ...

IRMO, S.C. (WIS) - The Irmo Fire District reported some homes are expected to have a water interruption on Wednesday after a car hit a fire hydrant in the area of Parlock Road and Chadford Circle.

If you have a hydrant in front of your house, Rowe said, you can help firefighters by clearing the area around it. But out in the country, it's a different story. "Unfortunately, in our area they ...

Firefighters faced challenges with frozen hydrants upon arrival. More news: Videos show rare snowfall in Georgia, South CarolinaThe cause of the fire is under investigation, but officials are ...

Bitterly cold temperatures hindered firefighters' efforts to douse a Brooklyn house fire early Wednesday, with frozen hydrants complicating the response as personnel encountered heavy flames ...