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Quick Actions at the Westlake Major Emergency Structure Fire Prevents Injuries
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
WESTLAKE - It took more than 160 Los Angeles firefighters nearly ninety minutes during a period of high winds, to stop a massive blaze that destroyed a pair of large vacant buildings early Thursday morning in a neighborhood east of MacArthur Park.  A witness who sprinted more than one-…
Brush Fire at Ernest E. Debs Regional Park Extinguished Despite Winds
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
LOS ANGELES - A brush fire in Montecito Heights within the Ernest E. Debs Regional Park is quickly extinguished despite wind.  At 3:39 PM on April 26, 2017, the Los Angeles Fire Department was notified of a brush fire within Debs Regional Park.  Firefighters utilized an air and…
Relentless Effort by Firefighters Prevents Total Loss of Large Business
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Facing a raging inferno, firefighters battled and saved half of a large, South Los Angeles commercial building. At 8:08PM on Monday, April 4, 2017 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to an automatic fire alarm call at 4020 S Compton Av in South Los Angeles.  A single engine company…
Major Emergency Commercial Fire in Downtown
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES -  A fierce battle ensued in a Downtown Los Angeles commercial fire where firefighters prevented a massive blaze from consuming multiple businesses. At 6:32PM, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to 815 S Central Av to find a 6,000 square-foot one story, L-shaped commercial building…
Man Dies After Being Trapped in Burning South L.A. Home
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - Despite the efforts of neighbors and firefighters, one man died at a hospital Wednesday morning, after he was pulled from flames that swept through an abandoned home in South Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 9:14 AM on February 1, 2017 to the southwest corner…
Aggressive Action Saves Large Commercial Building
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Aggressive firefighting stopped a well entrenched fire from consuming a large commercial structure in Boyle Heights.At 5:04PM on January 17, 2017 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 3701 E Union Pacific Av.  First arriving units encountered a large, 1000'…
Fatality Fire in Leimert Park
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - At 10:41PM on January 15, 2017 the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 3730 S Edgehill Drive in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found a one story, single family dwelling with light smoke showing from…
LAFD Rescues Man From L.A. River near Silver Lake
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SILVER LAKE - Specially trained Los Angeles Firefighters safely rescued a homeless man from the rain-swollen Los Angeles River late Thursday morning.Notified by Los Angeles Police Officers on patrol, the Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 10:56 AM on January 5, 2017 to the 2500 block of Fletcher Drive…
LAFD Week in Review 12.9.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
- Your LAFD this week responded to 9,585 calls and transported 4,397 people to local hospitals. Here’s a brief glimpse at the week that was.     
Two Injured When Fire Erupts in Vacant Koreatown Home
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
KOREATOWN - A man and woman sustained serious though non-life threatening injuries, when they and others escaped fast-moving fire in a vacant home Sunday afternoon.The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 3:53 PM on December 4, 2016 to 732 South Wilton Place in Koreatown, where firefighters arrived…
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