A group of residents impacted by the Palisades Fire is suing the LADWP, alleging the city and its agency was unprepared.

Victims of the Pacific Palisades wildfire have filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), alleging that water supply failures worsened the fire’s devastation. The plaintiffs,

Victims of the Palisades Fire accused the Los Angeles utility that oversees water delivery of being woefully unprepared to battle the intense inferno that has devastated their ritzy neighborhood, according to a new lawsuit.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is facing a lawsuit over alleged mismanagement of water supplies critical to combating the deadly Palisades Fire. Residents claim that inadequate water storage contributed to the fire's severity.