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PETERSBURG, Va. (WRIC) — A multi-million gallon water tank is set to begin filling pipes in Southeast Petersburg this fall.

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A TANK broke out in flames while on a training exercise at a Dorset military camp. Firefighters were called to Bovington ranges on Wednesday, May 14 to help extinguish the fire because it started ...

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Pumps are needed to refill high-elevation tanks to maintain water pressure. “I thought, after the Thomas fire, all water districts would put in backup generators,” Bennett said.

A regular fire truck that fights blazes in the U.S. is about 30 feet long and weighs around 20 tons. That’s massive, no doubt, but it’s dwarfed by firetrucks that patrol your local airport.

A father and son assembled a system consisting of a generator, pump, pool water, hose and sprinklers to save their home from disaster. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday ...

The fire started in the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood at 10:30am (18:30 GMT) on Tuesday, according to Cal Fire. Two of the one-million-gallon tanks, located at an elevation in the Palisades, ran ...

But the pump-and-storage system was designed for a fire that might consume several homes, not one that would consume hundreds, said Mr. Adams, the former leader of the city’s water department.

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.