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Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
SUN VALLEY - Firefighters rescued family members and pets from a house fire in Sun Valley, which sent one man to the hospital in critical condition. Crews later helped the young girls replace some of their belongings that were destroyed by the fire.     Alarms went off in the nearby fire stations just…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
MISSION HILLS - A pre-dawn fire Wednesday in the north San Fernando Valley proved deadly, when one of four adults who initially escaped the blaze, returned inside to retrieve personal belongings prior to the Fire Department's arrival, and was later found deceased inside his flame filled residence.   A 9-1-1…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
WINNETKA - The piercing sound of a functional smoke alarm helped a man escape injury, when a fast moving fire that originated on or near a Christmas tree, raced through his west San Fernando Valley home early Saturday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department was notified at 1:25 PM on December 30,…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
ENCINO - It took three hours of relentless firefighting to extinguish flames Friday afternoon, when fire swept through a massive San Fernando Valley home in the midst of major construction.   The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned by a neighbor's 9-1-1 call at 2:43 PM on December 22, 2023,…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
SYLMAR - Two adults and a dog were found deceased, and a trio of buildings in a north San Fernando Valley residential neighborhood were destroyed, when a fierce fire fueled by ammunition erupted before dawn Sunday. The first of several 9-1-1 calls were received by the Los Angeles Fire Department at 4:…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
MISSION HILLS - Two men were injured and a woman killed, after an elderly motorist apparently lost control of her vehicle in the service drive of a north San Fernando Valley car dealership Wednesday morning. The Los Angeles Fire Department was notified at 9:11 AM on August 9, 2023, of a multi-patient traffic…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
SUN VALLEY - With flames billowing out a 3rd floor window, firefighters aggressively attacked a Sun Valley blaze threatening to consume the large, 211 unit apartment building. At 11:46AM on March 23, 2023, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 7700 block of N Lankershim Blvd for a reported…
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
SUNLAND / RIVERWOOD RANCH - UPDATE: March 16, 2023 - 6:34 PM Status Update: Oro Vista Avenue Closure According to Los Angeles County Public Works, the continuous storm activity over the last several weeks requires ongoing releases of large volumes of water from the Big Tujunga Dam, which it…
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 single…
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 Firefighters…
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