Inside L.A.’s desperate battle for water as the Palisades fire exploded

Less than 3% of the water reserve was available, as the reservoir for the area had been drained to repair its covering since last Feb. It was not necessary to drain the reservoir to make the repair. The repair should have taken a couple of weeks.

The fire department was not informed of this ahead of time, and so made no preparations in the lead up to this predicted event.

How do you fight a fire with more than 97% of the water unavailable?