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LAFD and Partner Agencies Battle Container Ship Fire on "ONE HENRY HUDSON"
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Lyndsey Lantz
SAN PEDRO - November 26, 2025 8:00AM:  The United States Coast Guard is the lead agency and are providing any future UPDATES.At 6:38PM on November 21, 2025, several agencies including the Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the…
Woman Dies in Hyde Park Structure Fire
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - A woman was found deceased following a residential fire late Monday afternoon in Hyde Park.At 4:32PM on November 16, 2025 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported rubbish fire in the 6300 block of S Brynhurst Avenue in Hyde Park. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a row of…
Workers Escape Injury From Partial Collapse of Harbor Area Tunnel
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
WILMINGTON - Workers at a Los Angeles Harbor region subterranean construction site escaped serious harm Wednesday night, after they became briefly trapped.  The Los Angeles Fire Department was first summoned at 7:58 PM on July 9, 2025, to assist workers stranded at the Los Angeles Effluent Outfall…
Hyde Park Fatality Fire
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - With heavy fire showing and reports of a trapped person, firefighters made entry, located the patient and provided intensive life-saving care enroute to the hospital. Sadly, the patient succumbed to his injuries.At 6:55PM on March 8, 2025 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported…
Tank Truck Overturns, Killing One
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES -  A tragic multi-vehicle collision on the Northbound 110 Freeway resulted in the death of one driver and left a tank truck carrying aviation fuel overturned late Saturday night. At 10:55 PM on November 2, 2024, the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) responded to a reported traffic…
Second Fire in One Month Destroys South L.A. Tire Shop
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - The second fire in one month at a South L.A. automotive tire store destroyed the family owned business early Thursday morning.   The Los Angeles Fire Department was alerted by the first of several 9-1-1 calls at 3:28 AM on August 29, 2024, reporting a structure fire at 6901 South…
Second Fire At South L.A. Building Spreads To Destroy Adjacent Church
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
CHESTERFIELD SQUARE - The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a greater alarm fire that destroyed a South Los Angeles church early Thursday morning, having spread from an adjacent building used by the congregation, the scene of a separate fire late Tuesday night.   The latest fire was reported at 3:…
Greater Alarm Structure Fire Destroys Vacant Mid-Wilshire Strip Mall
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Lyndsey Lantz
MID-WILSHIRE - The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a greater alarm structure fire in the Mid-Wilshire area on Wednesday afternoon. A strip mall at 5517 West San Vicente Boulevard, vacant for over a year, was ultimately demolished due to fire damage.  Smoke was reported by multiple callers at 1:24 PM…
Fast Moving Florence House Fire Claims One Life
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
FLORENCE - The Los Angeles Fire Department quickly extinguished flames at a south Los Angeles home Sunday evening, in what proved to be a deadly fire.   The blaze was reported at 6:18 PM on April 28, 2024, at 140 East 71st Street in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles. Forty LAFD responders…
Fire Involving South L.A. Clandestine Cannabis Operation Proves Deadly
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
GREEN MEADOWS - The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a Major Emergency Structure Fire in South Los Angeles early Saturday morning, involving a clandestine cannabis operation in a seemingly vacant one-story commercial building. Sadly, one man perished in the flames.     The fire was reported via…
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