‘All the hydrants up here are dead.’ Radio traffic recounts LA firefighters losing water

A Super Scooper plane drops water on the Palisades fire on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

NPR transcribed 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. It shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting the fires despite scarce resources.

(Image credit: Brian van der Brug)

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