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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…
Harbor Area Evacuation Preparedness Seminar and Safety Fair
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
HARBOR CITY - If you live, work or play in the San Pedro, Wilmington or Harbor City areas of Los Angeles, please plan to join us on Saturday, May 20, 2023 for the Harbor Area Evacuation Preparedness Seminar and Safety Fair.   Your Los Angeles Fire Department is hosting this evacuation preparedness…
Suspect Arrested in Fire That Destroyed L.A. Church and Injured Three Firefighters
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES - Investigators from the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section (ACTS) and detectives/officers from the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD), and ATF are announcing an arrest in connection with an arson fire last week, that destroyed a church and injured three…
Cats Perish, Firefighter Injured at Major Emergency Fire in Palms
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
PALMS - Firefighters battled a Major Emergency structure fire in the Palms area early Saturday morning, that led to the death of 17 pet cats and sent one firefighter to the hospital.   A cell phone call to 9-1-1 from a passerby at 5:44 AM on September 17, 2022, brought the first of 124 members of…
LAFD Responds to Multi-Patient Shooting in San Pedro
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SAN PEDRO - The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to assist multiple persons injured following reports of gunfire at a harbor area municipal park on Sunday afternoon.   The LAFD was summoned at 3:51 PM on July 24, 2022, by the first of several 9-1-1 calls, requesting aid for several persons…
Man Dies at South L.A. Industrial Fire
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
FLORENCE - One person died and a firefighter was injured, when a greater alarm fire destroyed a South Los Angeles furniture business Monday afternoon. The fire at 1001 East 60th Street in Florence, was reported to the Los Angeles Fire Department at 3:36 PM on August 16, 2021. Firefighters arrived quickly to…
Fireworks Explosion Sends 16 to Hospital
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - A significant explosion occurred during the disposal of illegal fireworks, sending 16 to the hospital. At 6:04PM, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 700 block of E 27th Street in South Los Angeles to provide stand-by for a Los Angeles Police Department operation. The LAPD…
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