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Man Found Dead in Burning Northridge Garage
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
NORTHRIDGE - A elderly man was discovered dead inside a burning Northridge garage Monday morning.  The fire at 17063 Knapp Street was reported to the Los Angeles Fire Department at 6:21 AM on January 23, 2023. Firefighters arrived quickly to find smoke showing from the rear of a 3,191 square-foot…
Man, Two Dogs Found Dead In Valley Glen Apartment Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
VALLEY GLEN - The Los Angeles Fire Department quickly extinguished an apartment fire in Valley Glen early Thursday morning, to discover an adult male and two dogs deceased within the involved unit.   The fire at 13833 Oxnard Street was reported at 12:59 AM on December 8, 2022, bringing 28 LAFD…
Wind Driven Fire Extends From Vegetation to Commercial Buildings in Sun Valley
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SUN VALLEY - More than 165 members of the Los Angeles Fire Department were joined by firefighters from the neighboring cities of Burbank and Glendale on Saturday night in a two-and-one-half hour battle against a Santa Ana wind-driven wildfire that heavily damaged two buildings. The fire was reported at…
Two Dead, Two Others Severely Burned Following Canoga Park Industrial Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
CANOGA PARK - The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a Major Emergency Structure Fire in the west San Fernando Valley on Monday, October 18, 2021. The fire at 8423 Canoga Avenue in Canoga Park, was first noted at 12:18 PM by an LAFD Paramedic Ambulance crew returning from a nearby emergency. Within…
Brush Fire Consumes Nearly Nine Acres in Chatsworth
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
CHATSWORTH - Thanks to a well coordinated air and ground response by a trio of Fire Departments on Wednesday afternoon, a wildfire pushed by light winds was held to less than nine acres and prevented from damaging homes or causing injury in the northwest San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Fire Department…
Ten Units Damaged and Dozens Saved in Panorama City
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
PANORAMA CITY - Heavy fire billowed out of a townhouse and extended into the apartments behind it, damaging multiple units before firefighters got the upper hand and saved the rest of the building. At 2:52PM on March 5, 2021 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 8800…
Greater Alarm Apartment Fire in Northridge Sends One to Hospital
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
NORTHRIDGE - A kitchen fire that spurned bystander's efforts to control, caused heavy damage to a San Fernando Valley apartment at noon Thursday, sending one man to the hospital. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned by a 9-1-1 call at 11:44 AM on February 18, 2021 to respond to a structure fire at…
LAFD Battles Intense Fire in Vacant Sun Valley Restaurant
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SUN VALLEY - It took more than a hundred City of Los Angeles firefighters nearly four hours to fully control a stubborn non-injury fire that tore through a long vacant restaurant in the northeast San Fernando Valley Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 8:41 PM on January 20, 2021…
Santa Delivers for Canoga Park Families Displaced by Arson Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
CANOGA PARK - A fast-moving arson fire heavily damaged a west San Fernando Valley apartment building early Tuesday morning, displacing 16 residents, including seven children. With all their possessions gone, so was their hope for a Merry Christmas...until the Spark of Love program delivered.   The Los…
North Hollywood Fire Destroys Building
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
- Firefighters successfully defended a building under construction as fire ripped through two North Hollywood businesses. At 9:07PM, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to reports of an outside fire extending into a structure in the 5400 block of N Tujunga Av in North Hollywood.…
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