GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) — The city of Grand Junction is conducting its annual fire hydrant maintenance, flushing about half of the city’s more than 1,200 hydrants as part of routine spring work.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside, a destroyed home is black and stark, made of tarps and the remains of furniture. Just one look tells ...

If a fire broke out at your home, would the nearest hydrant actually work? For one Waterbury family, the answer was no.

The person whose letter (“Burning question: Do fire hydrants work?” Letters to the Editor, April 11) questioned fire hydrants actually working has every right to be concerned. In February, I contacted ...

Does anyone know how many of our fire hydrants are working and which ones are not? Are they color-coded? Exactly whose job is it to be on top of this? Is this work budgeted?

KILLEEN, Texas — A north Killeen community wants the fire hydrants in their neighborhood fixed after at least one of those hydrants failed first responders two weeks ago. Firefighters had to go a ...

After two people were seriously injured when a Taunton house exploded on Wednesday, Feb. 25, Mayor Shaunna O'Connell is urging the community to shovel out any fire hydrants covered in snow. Body ...