Even as I urged them to leave, from my home in the Mojave Desert, I was moved by a different compulsion: to get in my car, report to work and rush, via fire engine or helicopter, toward the fires. It ...

All cars that were parked over the hose took minimal damage, but DeMoss’s car took it the hardest. The end of the hose bounced up and crashed into her windshield, causing a massive hole in the center ...

Water utilities in Altadena and Pacific Palisades are undertaking an arduous process of repressurizing their underground pipelines, testing for contaminants and attempting to flush them out.

In a bid to help protect firefighters, particularly during large incidents, the new robot has been outfitted with thermal capabilities to detect fire hotspots and help fight fires with a hose ...

Too old for the truck but too stubborn to stop, these veteran CFA volunteers are giving water bombers what they need to fight ...

Instead of waiting for a large blaze that sends local firefighters scrambling for enough water, the Potter Valley Fire ...

Firefighters had to navigate cars that blocked hydrants in two fires in the Bronx and in Brooklyn. “Seconds count when we’re ...

Two people in the Bronx were killed Wednesday morning as a massive fire ripped through a Buddhist temple and a nearby home.

Firefighters in Waterbury encountered a scary situation last week. About one week ago, while fighting a house fire on Gail Drive, water stopped coming out of the firefighter’s hoses.

Firefighters arrived at a Tanglewood home within five minutes of a 911 call. Crews soon reported a problem: They didn’t have water.

NIU STEAM is back to fight a five-alarm blaze burning with question marks: Why can't salt water be used to put out forest fires?