Alerts

Now Fully Contained Vegetation Fire 04/26/2017

*Now Fully Contained* Vegetation Fire; 04:42AM; 11201 Big Tujunga Cyn Rd; https://goo.gl/maps/rFfpLhjkzkp; #Tujunga; 64 ground-based LAFD personnel and three LAFD helicopters took 52 minutes (at 5:34 AM) to hold fire to 2 acres; No injury; No structures; Cause/Loss TBD; FS 74; Batt 12; Valley Bureau; Council District 7; Dispatched LAFD Units: E274 T74 RA74 E24 E443 E298 E98 T98 E289 E89 T89 E90 EM14 BC12 BC14 E60 H1 H3 T90 E290 H6 WT77 E7 E8140 RA98; CH: 5; 12; - Brian Humphrey

KNOCKDOWN Structure Fire 04/25/2017

KNOCKDOWN Structure Fire; 09:34PM; 1515 Pleasant Av; internal:/; 69 FF's took 27 min; LAFD crews confined flames to the 2nd floor and attic at the rear of this 110 year-old vacant and boarded 9,877 square foot two-story Victorian home; No injury; Loss/Cause TBD; NFD; Dispatched Units: E202 E2 T2 RA2 E4 RA804 E203 T3 BC1 E25 E3 CM22 E201 T1 E9 T9 EM1 BC11 UR3 HR3 RA803 T27 E227 UR88 BC5 RA4 EM11 RA3 SQ21; - Brian Humphrey

Structure Fire 04/25/2017

Structure Fire; 09:07PM; 1515 Pleasant Av; https://goo.gl/maps/EEDFx5o8w3G2; Boyle Heights; PRELIM: Vacant two story Victorian home with fire from second story window to rear; NFD; FS 2; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; CH: 9; 12,13; - Brian Humphrey

Traffic Collision 04/25/2017

Traffic Collision; 03:38PM; NB 170 Fwy near Oxnard St; https://goo.gl/maps/HFeXEkg6qrn; North Hollywood; PRELIM: Dump truck overturned, spilling load of dirt; Possibly additional vehicles involved; Multiple lanes closed; Unk if injuries; Closure of one or more lanes until emergency operations complete; Unknown duration; Motorists: expect congestion and delay, avoid area and consider alternate route; Detours available, monitor traffic reports on news radio; Media: CHP Log #2403; NFD (No Further Details); FS 60; Batt 14; Valley Bureau; Council District 2; Dispatched Units: TF60 RA60; CH: 8; 18; - Brian Humphrey

Traffic Collision 04/25/2017

Traffic Collision; 03:18PM; 18010 Chatsworth St; https://goo.gl/maps/pWN8vNtqU1J2; Granada Hills; PRELIM: Solo vehicle vs 5 pedestrians in store parking lot (2 have serious injuries, 3 have lesser injuries) Note: ages, genders and *medical conditions* not yet determined; At least three are expected to be transported to area hospitals; LAPD Incident #3329; NFD (No Further Details); FS 70; Batt 15; Valley Bureau; Council District 12; Dispatched Units: E70 RA70 RA87 EM15 RA903 RA828 RA873 EM10 EM12 BC15; CH: 8; 17; - Brian Humphrey

Update Media Advisory 04/25/2017

Update Media Advisory; 01:30PM; SB 5 Fwy south of Zoo Dr; internal:/; #GriffithPark area; At 2:00 PM PDT, CHP and LAFD representatives, including PIO Captain Scott and PIO Firefighter Ortiz will be available to the media on the *southbound lanes* (only) of the still closed SB Golden State (I-5) Freeway just south of Zoo Drive; Media are asked to remove their staff and vehicles from the northbound lanes, to assist in the safe reopening of northbound traffic; - Brian Humphrey

Media Advisory 04/25/2017

Media Advisory; 12:15PM; SB 5 Fwy near 134 Fwy; internal:/; #GriffithPark area; LAFD Assistant Chief Andrew Fox will be available and prepared to make a statement to the media at the scene, beginning at 12:15 PM; Media can meet him and LAFD PIO David Ortiz in the southbound lanes of the now closed Golden State (I-5) Freeway just north of the collision and fire; - Brian Humphrey

Update Traffic Collision 04/25/2017

Update Traffic Collision; 11:56AM; SB 5 Fwy near 134 Fwy; internal:/; #GriffithPark area; One fatality (NFD) at scene from unk vehicle, and at least 9 civilian (unk type) injuries will be transported; 1 is critical, all others with lesser injury; Still checking on conflicting report of one or more persons who may be unaccounted for based on eyewitness statements; NFD; - Brian Humphrey

Update Traffic Collision 04/25/2017

Update Traffic Collision; 11:36AM; SB 5 Fwy near 134 Fwy; internal:/; #GriffithPark area; Bulk for fire extinguished; At least 9 civilian (unk type) injuries; 1 is critical, all others with lesser injury; additional other (one or more) persons remain unaccounted for; 25 LAFD personnel at scene are joined in automatic aid by (yet unk) number from Glendale Fire Dept; NFD; - Brian Humphrey

Traffic Collision 04/25/2017

Traffic Collision; 10:57AM; SB 5 Fwy near 134 Fwy; https://goo.gl/maps/pwppi3UGuP62; #GriffithPark area; PRELIM: Traffic Collision with fire involving three vehicles, including at least one big rig well involved (unk cargo); At least 5 civilian (unk type) injuries; 1 is critical, all others with lesser injury; Closure of one or more lanes of SB I-5 until emergency operations complete; Unknown duration; Motorists: expect congestion and delay in both directions of the Golden State Freeway near the Ventura Freeway, avoid area and consider alternate route; Detours available, monitor traffic reports on news radio; CHP Log #1438; NFD; FS 56; Batt 5; West Bureau; Council District 4; CH: 7; 17; - Brian Humphrey