Wildfires Are Revealing the Limits of Our Hydrant Systems
While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large ...
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Post falsely claims officials paid $300K for rainbow fire hydrant | Fact check
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 ...
LA fires latest: Newsom calls for investigation into fire hydrant failures as death roll rises to 11
Newsom calls for investigation into fire hydrant failures as death roll rises to 11 - Palisades and Eaton fires continue to rage with more than 35,000 acres burned ...
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Independence firefighters encounter frozen hydrant at fire scene
Crews responded to a shed fire on North Liberty Street shortly before 6 a.m. Firefighters quickly learned the hydrant in the area was frozen. Because of the ice they couldn’t use the hydrant.
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Water turned back on at Lindale Mall after brief outage due to frozen fire hydrant
Leaders with Lindale Mall said the mall will not open till 2 p.m. on Tuesday after a fire hydrant froze near Red Lobster, causing the city to shut off the mall’s water. Crews with the city are ...