Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said “local folks” were looking into reported water problems as firefighters work to fight multiple infernos in Los Angeles.
The California governor appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 on Wednesday evening from Los Angeles as fires blazed behind him. He was asked about reports that fire hydrants in the Pacific Palisades and other neighborhoods lacked water.
“Look, the local folks are trying to figure that out,” Newsom said with his arms up. “I mean, when you have a system — it’s not dissimilar from what we’ve seen in other extraordinarily large-scale fires, whether it be pipe, electricity, or whether it just be the complete overwhelm of the system.”
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“I mean, those hydrants are typical for two or three fires — maybe
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