A broken hydrant at the scene may have hampered firefighting efforts. A city engineer suggested that the hydrant may have been damaged when a wrench was turned clockwise instead of counter-clockwise ...

Lakeside's Lisa Zouhar woke up to a fire at her home on Shamrock Lane by Woodside Avenue on May 26. She, her husband, and two dogs made it outside, but she said she lost her home and everything in it.

As extreme heat continues in New York City, many are resorting to opening fire hydrants to cool down. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is asking New Yorkers to request spray caps from ...

West Philadelphia residents have noticed several fire hydrants in poor condition after recent snow and cold weather, causing some to worry that they would work as needed during a fire emergency.

Someone is taking the caps off fire hydrants in one North Carolina town, leading firefighters to say it could cause crucial delays in putting out fires. Without the caps, the fire hydrants struggle to ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As firefighters battled catastrophic fires in Los Angeles last January, one question reverberated across the country: ...

NEW YORK -- Two people were killed when a fire broke out Wednesday morning in the Bronx. The FDNY says a parked car blocked a fire hydrant and slowed down its response. Firefighters were called to ...

May 18—The Niagara Falls Water Board has resumed its annual fire hydrant flow testing program, beginning in the northernmost part of the city and ultimately performing the work in areas throughout the ...