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Fast Moving Fire Damages Three Floors of Brentwood High-Rise Office Building
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
BRENTWOOD - The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 6:30 A.M. on January 29, 2020 to 11601 Wilshire Blvd in Brentwood, where firefighters arrived quickly to discover that a construction wind-breaking material ignited and sparked fire through the lower floors of a high-rise office building…
Flames Consume Building in L.A.'s Fashion District
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES - It took 135 firefighters more than an hour to fully extinguish heavy fire in a vacant one-story commercial building in downtown L.A., early Wednesday morning.  The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 2:44 AM on January 29, 2020 to 1405 East 15th Street in the Fashion District of…
LAFD Rescues Woman Trapped by Flames in Woodland Hills Home
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
WOODLAND HILLS - A woman was hospitalized in grave condition Thursday afternoon, after being rescued from her burning home in the west San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Fire Department was notified at 1:53 PM on January 23, 2020 of a structure fire at 23530 Burbank Boulevard in Woodland Hills.…
Electrical Explosion Sends One Man to Hospital
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
PACOIMA - An explosion near an electrical panel sparks a fire and sends one man to the hospital. On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 22, 2020, a subcontractor was working at a large one-story commercial building on an electrical-related problem. When going to the main electrical panel, an…
Barricaded Subject Incident Evolves Into Structure Fire
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
EAST HOLLYWOOD - LAFD worked closely with LAPD force protection to strategically keep a structure fire from spreading to other units of a fourplex, while allowing officers to apprehend a barricaded subject inside the building. LAPD notified Metro Fire Communications at 10:01 P.M. on Sunday,…
Los Angeles Fire Commission Recognizes Cadet Post Advisors
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES - Members of the Los Angeles Fire Department who serve as Cadet Post Advisors were recognized today by the Board of Fire Commissioners. Our Cadet Program serves as a top tier youth program thanks to the countless hours and dedication by these members (with no additional compensation…
Jet Fuel Rains Down on South LA, Hazmat and Firefighter-Paramedics Respond to Schools
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - An aircraft returning to LAX for an emergency landing needed to dump fuel to lighten the load. Unfortunately for the people the fuel rained down on, this prompted LAFD firefighter-paramedics and Hazerdous Materials specialists to respond for air-quality monitoring and medical…
LAFD Sees Record Low Structure Fire Fatality Deaths in 2019, Sets New Record for Number of Incident Responses
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES – There were eight civilian deaths in the City of Los Angeles attributed to accidental residential structure fires in 2019, the lowest number on record, while the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD) responded to nearly half a million calls for service during the year, a record high…
LAFD Mourns the Passing of Accelerant Detection Canine, Major
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
LOS ANGELES - It is with great sadness that the LAFD announces the death of Arson Detection Canine (ret.), “Major.”  Major passed away on December 27th at home with his handler Arson Accelerant Detection Investigator (ret.) Frankie Oglesby.  Major was assigned to the LAFD’s Arson Counter Terrorism…
Deadly South Los Angeles Garage Fire
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
SOUTH LOS ANGELES - LAFD responded to an early morning fire in a detached garage, finding a woman dead inside after putting the fire out.   Dispatchers received the 9-1-1 call at 1:54 A.M. on January 5, 2020. Firefighters arrived to find a detached garage with flames blowing out of the…
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