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Businesses Saved in Downtown LA
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - Employing decisive and coordinated operations both in fire attack and salvage, firefighters saved multiple businesses during an early morning blaze. At 4:16AM on September 20, 2019 the Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo responded to a reported structure fire at 1320 S Los Angeles Street in Downtown LA.…
LAFD Paramedics Feted For Saving Life of 1 Year-Old Choking Victim
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - On September 3, 2019, during a meeting of the Los Angeles Fire Commission, the executive leadership of the Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo formally recognized a pair of veteran LAFD Firefighter/Paramedics for saving the life of a 1 year-old boy who was choking on a rubber ball.  The…
LAFD Battles Downtown Warehouse Inferno
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
ARTS DISTRICT - Scores of Los Angeles Firefighters engaged in a fierce firefight early Monday morning, as flames swept through a business at the south end of the L.A. Arts District.    The Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo was summoned at 12:10 AM on September 9, 2019 to 1915 East 7th Street in the…
Two Injured, One Critically in Harvard Park Arson Attack
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - A suspected arsonist is in custody facing felony charges, after an intentionally set fire in the Harvard Park area caused two persons to sustain injury Thursday morning, including a man who remains hospitalized in critical condition. Arson Suspect Shalonda Shaw (DOB 12-20-95) The Los…
Reseda Natural Gas Leak Leads To Evacuation
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
RESEDA - Nearly 50 members of the Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo, including LAFD Hazardous Materials experts, responded to the subterranean rupture of a 2 inch natural gas line in the 17600 block of Saticoy Street near White Oak Avenue on September 5, 2019. A utility crew performing a street excavation at…
LAFD: Investigators Arrest Pair Suspected of Starting Eagle Rock Wildfire
Central Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - Since a fast-moving wildfire threatened homes in Eagle Rock and Glendale last week, Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo Investigators have relentlessly pursued those who caused the blaze they determined to have been an intentional act. Today, those suspects are in custody.  The fire, reported at 4:…
LAFD FEMA Task Force Responds to Hurricane Dorian
LAFD Spokesperson: Brian Humphrey
LOS ANGELES - Forty-one specially certified and equipped members of the Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo (LAFD) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Task Force, known as California Task Force 1 (CA-TF1), are being deployed tonight by aircraft to the southeast…
Vacant Building Goes Up in Flames
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
HOLLYWOOD - Firefighters douse flames in a two-story structure on Sunset Blvd in 44 minutes after finding fire on both floors and the roof. In the early afternoon of August 31, 2019, firefighters initially found moderate smoke coming from a two-story vacant building. As they encountered…
Runaway Truck Parks Itself in a Nearby Home
LAFD Spokesperson: Nicholas Prange
MOUNT WASHINGTON - A concrete truck with no driver rolled into the garage of a home, damaging the structure, but leaving no one injured.  LAFD received the call at 1:23 p.m. on Saturday August 31, 2019, and found a concrete truck that had come to rest inside of the garage in a nearby home…
Teamwork Stops Brush Fire from Damaging Glendale Homes
Valley Bureau
LAFD Spokesperson: Margaret Stewart
LOS ANGELES - A combined effort both in the air and on the ground by mulitple agencies stopped a 30 acre brush fire from damaging any homes. At 4:09PM on August 25, 2019 the Los ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵlogo responded to a reported brush fire in the 2900 block of W Colorado Blvd. Firefighters arrived to find…

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