But crews were able to extinguish the fire with the water from their onboard water tanks. “This morning, it was so cold out that the hydrant was frozen, and they were unable to establish that ...

While hydrants can play a role in fighting a wildfire in its early stages, the systems weren’t designed to combat the large blazes currently ravaging the Los Angeles area.

“These fire hydrant thefts are yet another sign of how crime is out of control in Los Angeles ... a Biden administration delegation, recently cut the fire department’s budget by $17.6 million.

A firefighter in Pacific Palisades tapping into a fire hydrant on Tuesday as the Palisades ... team had already spent hours battling an out-of-control fire sweeping through Los Angeles’s Pacific ...