Firefighters battled a townhouse fire in Flushing, Queens, complicated by a frozen hydrant and resulting in three injuries.

While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large blazes currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.

FDNY Fire Marshals say the all-hands fire Friday morning in Flushing, Queens was caused by a lithium-ion battery.

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There is “a huge fear of fire” in this area ... had also been drained for repair. Newsom has called for an independent investigation into the dry hydrants and the fact that the local reservoir ...

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LADWP’s fire hydrant repair list was current and updated, and all reported fire hydrants were fully operational in the Pacific Palisades and in L.A.’s Westside communities prior to the fire.” ...