Fire hydrants are color-coded, depending on how much water they can produce. Red is 500 gallons per minute or less.

President-elect Donald Trump and some social media users and pundits blamed Los Angeles’ deadly fires on California Gov. Gavin Newsom, saying the Democrat’s environmental policies enabled the blazes’ ...

President Biden said Thursday that empty fire hydrants in the Los Angeles area were the result of an intentional power shut-off, but a report indicates the city's water utility might lack a common ...

Trump has lashed out at his longtime political foe Gov. Gavin Newsom’s forest management policies and falsely claimed the ...

As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...

Hundreds of fire hydrants were stolen from the ground for scrap metal in advance of the blazes raging across Los Angeles, ...

Trump said Newsom “refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of ...

"In an attempt to avoid hitting a dog, the vehicle left the roadway," the fire department said. The car went through a fence, hit a stop sign, sheared off a hydrant, and struck a home at 553 SE Rice.

The house was evacuated, emergency reports said. A line was run from a nearby hydrant, and a second alarm was struck. The bulk of the fire was reported knocked down shortly before 3 p.m., with ...