No Water

Common to the fires in Hawaii and Palisades California water to the hydrants had been turned off, would appear to be incompetence but, actually deliberate to do a land/property grab. Year prior reservoirs were reduced and water storage tanks were empty to repair the roof for leaks.

https://www.newsweek.com/did-california-reservoir-release-create-water-shortage-palisades-wildfire-2011964 A great deal of finger pointing is going on, Karen Bass the mayor of Palisades was on vacation in Cuba.