{"id":244269,"date":"2026-07-15T20:24:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244269\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T20:24:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T20:24:15","slug":"easton-cools-off-from-hot-weather-with-open-fire-hydrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244269\/","title":{"rendered":"Easton cools off from hot weather with open fire hydrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Easton opened eight of its fire hydrants Wednesday to help people cool off from soaring temperatures. The hydrants will be opened again on Thursday from noon to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Utility workers close off a section of Reeder Street by March Elementary School to open a fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5817\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants01-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127288\" \/>Utility workers close off a section of Reeder Street by March Elementary School to open a fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Utility workers open a fire hydrant at the intersection of Parsons and Reeder streets near March Elementary School on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5902\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants02-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127292\" \/>Utility workers open a fire hydrant at the intersection of Parsons and Reeder streets near March Elementary School on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton plays in water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5192\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants03-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127295\" \/>Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton plays in water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Amy Gonzalez, 8, of Easton plays in water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, WHERE? in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5800\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants04-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127297\" \/>Amy Gonzalez, 8, of Easton plays in water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, WHERE? in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton uses a toy bucket to try and hold back water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"4951\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants05-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127286\" \/>Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton uses a toy bucket to try and hold back water from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton plays with his 8-year-old sister, Amy, by an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5917\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants06-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127298\" \/>Franco Gonzalez, 6, of Easton plays with his 8-year-old sister, Amy, by an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Butler streets in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Noah Navarro, 5, of Easton plays with a bucket by an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Ferry streets in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"4438\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants07-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127299\" \/>Noah Navarro, 5, of Easton plays with a bucket by an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at the intersection of South 11th and Ferry streets in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Children play by water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"3950\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants08-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127300\" \/>Children play by water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Justin Bahrt, 14, of Easton rides his bicycle through water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"4380\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants10-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127303\" \/>Justin Bahrt, 14, of Easton rides his bicycle through water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Toy buckets lie in a stream of water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5110\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants09-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127304\" \/>Toy buckets lie in a stream of water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Vanessa Bahrt, 7, of Easton plays in water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"4901\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants11-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127305\" \/>Vanessa Bahrt, 7, of Easton plays in water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Vanessa Bahrt, 7, of Easton smiles after exiting a stream of water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city's hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)\" width=\"5508\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TMC-L-OpenFireHydrants12-1.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"24127308\" \/>Vanessa Bahrt, 7, of Easton smiles after exiting a stream of water flowing from an open fire hydrant Wednesday, July 15, 2026, between Cottingham Stadium and Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton. Eight of the city\u2019s hydrants will be open again from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday to combat soaring temperatures. (Jon Chiu\/The Morning Call)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The city of Easton opened eight of its fire hydrants Wednesday to help people cool off from soaring&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,2181,182,139,434,28,727,728,1133],"class_list":["post-244269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-easton","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-vertical-photo-gallery","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}