Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an independent investigation into how the loss of water left dry fire hydrants and hindered firefighting efforts in Los Angeles.

Water experts dismissed Trump’s claims that California water policy is to blame for dry hydrants. But Los Angeles is also unprepared for the age of urban wildfires.

As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can’t keep up with the demand.

Some fires burning across Los Angeles County have begun to be put out, but one of the biggest blazes is still burning uncontained.

Firefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in the Los Angeles area that have killed five people, ravaged communities from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena and sent thousands of people f

In a post on X, Erik Scott, a fire captain for the Los Angeles Fire Department, said the plane was damaged and is now “out of service.” Air quality in downtown Los Angeles is listed as unhealthy for sensitive groups,

The first sign of worry for many was thick smoke blowing down from the hills of the affluent Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, which borders Santa Monica and the famous Malibu coast. LA residents are accustomed to wildfires but the Palisades fire spread rapidly out of control.

Some Los Angeles fire hydrants have run dry as demand soared for water to quell wildfires that broke out across the county

At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.