Karen Bass: “The reservoir, as you know, was a reservoir for drinking…”

“We have all sorts of reports of fire hydrants not having enough pressure. I will tell you that the fire hydrant situation is also something that has to be examined. The reservoir, as you know, was a reservoir for drinking water. The reason why it was empty, it was mandated by the state to be emptied because there was a tear in the COVID. In the best of all worlds, one of the things that was so difficult in the fires were the hurricane force winds that the planes could not fly in.” (07:12–07:20)

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