DRIVERLESS CAR HITS FIRE HYDRANT; TORRENT DAMAGES APARTMENTS, VEHICLES.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer An unoccupied vehicle rolled down a hill Wednesday and sheared sheared adj. Shaped or finished by shearing, especially cut or trimmed to a uniform length: a sheared fur coat. Adj. 1. off a fire hydrant, sending a torrent See BitTorrent. torrent - BitTorrent of water into two second-story apartments in the Circle J neighborhood in Saugus, officials said. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Fire Capt. Dave Saran, said firefighters used a hydrant wrench A hydrant wrench is a tool used to remove fire hydrant caps and open the valve of the hydrant. They are usually adjustable so as to fit different sized hydrant nuts. In France In France, the hose and hydrants are linked with Guillemin symmetrical clutch to turn off the water, which caused carpet damage to two units in the apartment complex. Saran said things were back to normal within an hour. The 8:20 a.m. incident began when Lisa Wright, 25, of Newhall returned to find that her parked vehicle had rolled down a grade at 22900 Circle J Ranch ranch, large farm devoted chiefly to raising and breeding cattle, horses, sheep, and goats. The cattle ranch was introduced from Latin America to Texas and the plains of the W United States and Canada. Road, said Inspector Ed Lonely. ``The car ended up on top of the hydrant and we called for (Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ) Edison workers to come out because there was a power box near where the flooding took place,'' Saran said. Firefighters used several water vacuums to drain the flood before further damage could be done, Saran said. Water and electricity were shut off to the apartments while the firefighters worked to turn off the hydrant. Two other vehicles, which were parked nearby, sustained water damage, Saran said. While there was no immediate estimate of the damage on the apartment complex, Saran said it will cost thousands of dollars to replace the severely damaged fire hydrant. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1-2) At left, firefighters wait for a utility crew to turn off a fire hydrant sheared off by a car in Saugus on Wednesday morning. Above, officials roll back the vehicle. Nearby apartments and two other vehicles received water damage. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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