When fire hydrants ran dry during the Pacific Palisades fire, it sparked a wave of anger and even misinformation. Here’s how L.A.’s water system works and what we know about why the hydrants ran out.

Municipal systems “are not designed to fight wildfires ... She said that at 3 a.m. Wednesday, “all of the fire hydrants went dry in the Palisades” because of the depleted tanks.

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As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas such as Boulder, Colorado and Lahaina, Hawaii, public water systems are often unable to meet the demand of fighting these large fires.

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Firefighters struggled to control the Palisades fire as it tore through neighborhoods in Pacific Palisades earlier this month. Mark Abramson for The New York Times By Mitch Smith, Eden Weingart ...

They support a system designed to handle lower-level ... 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 ...

Some 20% of hydrants failed during the fight to save the Pacific Palisades from LA’s massive fire on Jan. 7. Here’s how other U.S. cities can better prepare.

One expert says solutions will require “political will, significant financing, likely decades of time and stronger, and perhaps unpopular, regulations.” ...

8, all one-million-gallon water storage tanks that supply the Palisades hydrants “went dry ... “We had tremendous demand on our systems in the Palisades,” Quiñones said at the ...