Source: SFGate
“Firefighters battling the Pacific Palisades blaze in Los Angeles are running into empty fire hydrants, hampering their ability to contain the fire. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood relies on three water tanks, but all three million-gallon tanks were out of water by 3 a.m. Wednesday after an extraordinary amount of water was used, according to Janisse Quiñones, the chief executive officer of the LA Department of Water and Power. Quiñones said during a Wednesday press conference that the agency is sending more water to the area but is still unable to fill the neighborhoods’ tanks fast enough, according to the LA Daily News. She urged LA residents to conserve water in order to maintain water pressure to fight the fires. Erik Scott, a fire captain at the LA Fire Department, told SFGATE on Wednesday that the dry fire hydrants were predominantly in the higher elevation areas of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.” (01/09/25)