The Summary Demand for water to fight the Palisades Fire led the community’s water tanks to temporarily dry up.
Immense demand for water to fight the fast-moving Palisades Fire led all three of the community’s water tanks — and some fire hydrants — to temporarily dry up in the last 24 hours or so.
Janisse Quiñones, chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said the Palisades water system sustained four times its usual demand for 15 hours straight.
According to the water department, crews trying to reroute water at one point had to evacuate because of the fire’s intensity.
“We have three large water tanks, about a million gallons each.
Persons:
—, Janisse Quiñones, ” Quiñones, ”
Organizations:
Palisades Fire, Los Angeles Fire Department, Fire, Firefighters, Los Angeles Department of Water
Locations:
Altadena