As fires continue to devastate Los Angeles, critics argue that in addition to preparing for vulnerabilities in the city’s patchwork hydrant system, officials could have done more to prevent the blazes by clearing built-up brush and vegetation around the most vulnerable areas.
“The brush clearance alone, had that happened, would have just changed the trajectory of this fire,” real estate magnate Rick Caruso, a former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, told ABC 7.
