California fires live updates: Bushfires worsen across LA; 30,000 evacuation orders issued and more than 300,000 homes without power

For roughly 15 hours, water systems faced four times more than normal demand, lowering water pressure and causing some fire hydrants to run dry, according to Los Angeles County Department of Public Works officials.
Demand was so high it wasn’t enough to fill the three 3.8 million-litre tanks that help maintain pressure for the hydrants in the hills of Palisades.
A firefighter hoses down flames from the Palisades Fire.Credit: AP
One tank ran out late Tuesday afternoon local time, another in the evening, and the third early Wednesday morning.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is sending in about 20 mobile water tankers to the area to help with suppression, in addition to refilling water trucks at some pressurised hydrants in the area, according to chief engineer Janisse Quiñones.
It takes about 30 minutes to refill about 15,142 litres of water.
Officials are urging residents across the region to conserve water.
“We’re fighting a wildfire with urban water systems, and that is really challenging,” Quiñones said.
AP