A house caught fire a couple of blocks away from me, and while the firefighters were on scene and for several hours after, the tap water was filthy and rusty. Why does this occur? When a fire hydrant ...

Officials in Los Angeles previously blamed "tremendous demand" for fire hydrants reportedly running dry amid the devastating fires Charmaine Patterson is an Associate Editor at PEOPLE. She first began ...

LANCASTER, NY - A fire over the weekend in the Town of Lancaster has raised some questions about fire hydrants in that neighborhood. Early Sunday morning as a home went up in flames, firefighters ...

Two Fayette County homes 4 miles apart went up in flames in a 10-month period in 2021 and 2022 while firefighters reportedly struggled to draw water from nearby fire hydrants. Residents of those homes ...

CEBU CITY — Firefighters responding to blazes in this city have been complaining of one critical problem: the fire hydrants have little to no water. Weeks after Typhoon Tino damaged major water ...

If you crash into a fire hydrant on the side of the road, strange things can happen, as this video reveals. Details surrounding this incident are thin on the ground, but we know it happened recently ...

HOLYOKE — Members of the City Council on Tuesday called for borrowing to address the city’s aging water system in light of problems with hydrants during a recent house fire, as well as complaints of ...

Obtaining a water supply on the fireground is one of those “gotta haves” for a successful outcome combating a fire. For the simple low-flow fireground operation, this task is fairly easy. When fire ...

Lake Orion — A house fire and resulting lawsuit appear to have kick-started an $8 million plan to restore fire hydrant pressure in this village after nearly two decades. The Nov. 10, 2015, fire – ...