The damage is concentrated along Southfield Road and nearby blocks, where workers found multiple hydrants in a row stripped ...

The Portland Water District is taking legal action against a company that they claim illegally used a fire hydrant, causing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homes burned by the the Palisades fire on Jan. 9. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) When fire hydrants ran dry in the first ...

HICKORY, N.C. — Hickory police charged three people with stealing water from local fire hydrants in September, highlighting the dangers and legal consequences of unauthorized hydrant use. Century-old ...

WELLSVILLE — The Buckeye Water District will work on composing a list of non-working hydrants to send out to local fire chiefs. Board Member Paul Bahen, Engineering Committee chair, said during ...

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: ...

The flushing ensures hydrants work properly and maintain adequate water pressure for firefighters. If crews didn’t do this ...

When fire hydrants ran dry in the first hours of the Palisades fire, firefighters faced confusion and costly delays in getting vital water trucks into the area to help fight the destructive blaze, new ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. As firefighters battled catastrophic ...