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Flames Consume Downtown L.A. Smoking Supply Firm
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - It took scores of Los Angeles Firefighters more than two hours Monday night, to extinguish flames in a central city business just south of Little Tokyo.   The Los Angeles Fire Department was summoned at 8:10 PM on September 12, 2016 to 330 East 3rd Street in the Toy District of downtown Los…
LAFD Cares For 21 Injured After Metrolink Train Crashes Into Big Rig In Sun Valley
LAFD Spokesperson: Erik Scott
SUN VALLEY - Metrolink train 212 heading south toward Los Angeles on the Antelope Valley line struck a tractor-trailer on September 6th, 2016. No one was critically injured.The train struck the rear end of the truck that was on train tracks at 10:39 a.m. on the 8200 block of San Fernando Road.…
LAFD Week in Review 9.2.16
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
A 68-year-old grandmother needed help digging a ditch Thursday. Enter the LAFD. Read that story and more in this week's LAFD Week in Review. 
LAFD Week in Review 8.26.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
What was life like for LAFD recruits at Drill Tower 40 this week? Find out and see what else happened this week in your LAFD Week in Review.
LAFD Week in Review 8.12.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: LAFD
Of the 9,047 incidents this week, how many involved a crane? Find out in this week's Week in Review.
Historic Pico-Union Homes Ravaged By Fire
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Three historic Pico-Union homes were heavily damaged when fire ravaged the Craftsman style structures but all residents escaped uninjured. At 4:45PM on Wednesday, August 10, 2016, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 1244 S Bonnie Brae St.  Immediately upon…
LAFD Week in Review for 8.5.16
West Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - Each week offers 168 hours of challenge for the men and women of your Los Angeles Fire Department, who on average, respond to an incident somewhere in the City every _______ seconds. FInd the surprising answer to that question, and bear witness to acts of compassion and courage, in this week's…
Firefighters Defend Neighborhood From Gas Line Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Despite flames pouring from a 4" gas line for over two hours, firefighters prevented the fire from spreading and endanging the neighboring community.Just after 1PM on Wednesday, August 3, 2016, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to 5858 N Shoup Av for a reported leaking gas line.  The first…
Firefighters Stop Brush Fire In Its Tracks
South Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - A coordinated air and ground attack by both LAFD and LACoFD crews, teamwork at its best, stopped a potentially disastrous brush fire and saved numerous homes in Baldwin Hills.At 6:09PM, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a report of smoke at the intersection of W Coliseum St and S La Brea…
Two Dead, Woman and Firefighter Injured in La Tuna Canyon House Fire
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LA TUNA CANYON - An elderly couple died and two persons were injured, including a firefighter, after flames erupted Saturday evening in a remote canyon home in the Verdugo Mountains of the northeast San Fernando Valley.The Los Angeles Fire Department received the first of several calls - initially reporting a brush…
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