California wildfires: Firefighters struggle with strained water system

A ferocious new wildfire is erupting in California's Hollywood Hills and is now threatening iconic landmarks, including the Walk of Fame. It comes as firefighters grapple with a strained water system. TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer reports from California.

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[bionic_bat]

My firefighter brother, 27 from Lake Tahoe, is there right now. They were all called to LA yesterday. Pray for all the men and women fighting for these communities! 🙏🏻

[Jesse]

Insurance canceled fire insurance before these fires. Also water was shut off. Watch who comes in and buys these properties afterwards

[mariaroy]

Don’t tell us what rich celebrities are saying about their homes burning. Most of them have another 5 properties elsewhere in the states or abroad. It’s ordinary, hardworking Americans who deserve the air time on the news!!!

[ksrockland]

My dad is there and hasnt slept yet. His chief is currently in the hospital because of stomach pain. They all have hoarse voices and burning eyes. They are working so hard. Pray for all the firefighters, first responders, and the families that have lost loved ones and homes. 🙏

[ykitsdarealest]

I live in florida and recently went to LA specifically and I was shocked by how much overgrowth there was in the forests, (dry weeds/grass, etc) for a state that has such a big wildfire problem. Here in FL, overgrowth is regulated and properly burned so that a forest fire does not occur, with all the cuts to this division in California, seems to me like someone should be held accountable for this "Natural Disaster"

[JigsawBell]

She used the money to “end homelessness”. You will never end homelessness until you do something about the drug addicts and drug dealers on the streets.

[kiggundumusa]

Great lesson! Palestinians are suffering from American created problems while Californians are suffering from God made catastrophes. This world….

[crashingstoans]

Not only have the people lost everything, but now they must deal with insurance companies.

[blesseddiva]

Why make fire budget cuts anywhere in California knowing that they all get wild fires? That Maire made a wrong decision.

[garbagemanTricks]

All the tax money California gets and we couldn’t upgrade the water infrastructure to help prevent somebody’s homes from being lost
Not having water for our firefighters is ridiculous 🤬

Now I have to worry about the fire hydrant in front of my house, only being a traffic cone because it doesn’t have water 🤨

Their excuse that the infrastructure couldn’t handle the water demand is not valid . They all knew this was gonna happen eventually for years why wasn’t money allocated for this type of event🤬

[jimreilly]

Dear lord ! It resembles the Gaza Strip after "American" made jets had dropped thousands of "American" made bombs upon it.

[jezballs]

The LA mayor cut 17.6 million from the Fire Dept.=Liberal Logic.

[judge-xpgj]

They are laughing at the genocide at Gaza but crying for property

[gentrynewsom]

You ain't gonna fight that with a fire hose..100 mph winds is a melting furnace..evacuate..leave the area .

[michaelyoung]

Governor should be put in jail.... cutting water off ...really ? Also insurance companies cutting fire coverage, sounds like it was planned to me, by some higher ups... someone needs to be charged

[helvetii]

The wonderful company owns most of California water. That should never have happened.

[DKcrazy-iz]

Politicians are too busy pointing fingers rather than helping the community

[edwardschwenk]

What's so interesting about this, is they had water supply issues during the Great Fire Of London in 1666. It's been 359 years, and they are still making the same mistakes. City planners need to take some history lessons, study the pitfalls experienced in 1666, and rectify their problems.

[thespiritualgenie]

Thank your government for this. Imagine what the Palestinian people are going through. When will people wake up and see the writing on the wall?

[enixbluerain]

Woke and incompetent city mayor. Woke and incompetent DEI fire department.