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Struck SF fire hydrant briefly causes downtown geyser
A car striking a downtown San Francisco fire hydrant briefly caused a plume of water to shoot two stories into the air above ...
Post falsely claims officials paid $300K for rainbow fire hydrant | Fact check
The photo of the rainbow hydrant was AI-generated and originated from a satirical account. There are no credible news reports ...
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 ...
USA Today4d
Post falsely claims officials paid $300K for rainbow fire hydrant | Fact check
After two days of blazes, a self-described satire account called River City Police posted the rainbow fire hydrant photo to Instagram. River City is a “fictional city that the California POST ...
Rich Californians in fire-prone areas are paying up to $150K for their own personal fire hydrants — but what about locals who don’t have six figures to splash on fire sa…
With an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires in California, some residents are taking matters into their own ...
9 fire hydrants out of service in East Haven due to evasion
A fire hydrant was hit by a car on Wednesday in East Haven, a problem that has been reoccurring in town, according to police.
For LA water issues, misinformation spreads nearly as fast as the wildfires
A billionaire couple was accused of withholding water that could help stop Los Angeles’ massive wildfires. Democratic ...
Illinois legislator, firefighter reacts to CA wildfire response
An Illinois fire department says the systems needed to fight a fire as large as the ones in California don't exist.
Opinion: Los Angeles tragedy points to need for support for CT fire services
This issue is not only about the appropriate budget allocations for hiring enough firefighters; it’s also about attracting ...
Firehouse8d
Off-Duty Los Angeles Fire Captain, Son, Brother Save Neighborhood from Wildfire
Dan Lievense hooked up hose to a hydrant and saved 14 houses ... the historic deadly wildfires in California. This one details how an off-duty Los Angeles fire captain, his firefighter brother ...
2 suffer major injuries in 2-vehicle crash that destroyed power pole, hydrant on Olive Dr: CHP
Two people suffered major injuries after two-vehicle’s collided in an intersection in northwest Bakersfield, the California Highway Patrol said. According ...