As wildfires roar into residential neighborhoods, firefighters in California and elsewhere are finding that water systems can’t keep up with the demand.

As imagined, it’s all-hands-on-deck for Los Angeles County fire officials, police, and other agencies which have come in to support. And in the Pacific Palisades, specifically, where the fire has pretty much leveled the town,

Desperate California firefighters are using water from the Pacific Ocean to extinguish the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles County.