The Great Nowata Water Fight’ brought first responders and families together for a splashy summer event across the city.

An old hydrant system complicated a fatal Port Orchard house fire, but water supply didn’t affect the outcome, said Kitsap ...

Friday marked the second year without the wildly popular Wet Parade in Pueblo West; officials canceled it last year after ...

A mother and her son, a UCLA freshman, fought to save their house in Pacific Palisades, using a hose to keep the flames at bay while hundreds of their neighbors' homes burned.

Nine million baby oysters were funneled off a boat with a splash into the Severn River recently, populating an oyster reef in an effort to help the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem.

Antonio Antonetti said he and some neighbors made a stand during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, dousing structures with water from garden hoses. It worked.

Thousands of people were told to flee their homes in Malibu, Calif., as the Franklin fire approached. But a few stayed behind, using garden hoses to protect their property and themselves.