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Crews responded to a shed fire on North Liberty Street shortly before 6 a.m. Firefighters quickly learned the hydrant in the area was frozen. Because of the ice they couldn’t use the hydrant.
The fire department said establishing a water supply was impossible as the hydrant was frozen. But crews were able to extinguish the fire with the water from their onboard water tanks.
Some were completely dry. The failure of the hydrants was due to reliance on a system designed to fight one house fire at a time, not an apocalyptic moment when hundreds of homes are burning ...
Officers said that there are currently nine fire hydrants that are out of service due to evading incidents, and the department has only been able to recoup repair costs for one of them.
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