A Grand Rapids official explains what was found during an investigation into dry hydrants during a June 18 business fire.

Fire hydrants were dry during a Grand Rapids fire at Clean Planet Recycling, causing firefighters to set up a water relay.

Extreme Weather Why fire hydrants ran dry as wildfires tore through Los Angeles. Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants.

These tanks store water for residential neighborhoods and commercial areas, as well as the water delivered to any of Bend’s approximately 5,000 fire hydrants. It’s all the same source.

"Fire hydrants are not constructed to deal with this type of massive devastation," Bass said. "And the number one problem, especially on Wednesday, was the fact that we weren't able to do the air ...

Other fires, like the 2023 Maui fires and the 2017 Tubbs Fire in Northern California, have caused hydrants to go dry in the past, and it seems L.A. will need to go back to the drawing board if ...

Indeed, fire hydrants have also run dry in the case of other wildfires that spread to urban areas, including the 2017 Tubbs Fire, 2024’s Mountain Fire and 2023’s Maui wildfires. In these cases, ...

The hydrants get water from the nearby reservoir and L.A. City Fire Chief Kristin Crowley said they don’t have a specific number of hydrants that ultimately ran out of water but emphasized that ...

It’s a headline no one would want to see: Fire hydrants being used to fight the Palisades Fire were running dry. The fast-moving fire tested the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s municipal ...