A cook suffered severe burns over 60 percent of his body after an elderly woman crashed her car into the burger restaurant he was working at.  The horrific car  accident occurred when the woman pulled into the parking lot of the Burger Express in Thousand Oaks today and hit the gas pedal instead of the [...]

Most of us will experience a burn at some time in our lives, be it from spilling scalding hot coffee or unwittingly touching a hot object.  After  such an event, we will simply take care of  the minor injury ourselves and allow it to heal.
Unfortunately, there are many burn accidents where the victim is left [...]

Firefighters from the Los Angeles fire department were required in order to handle a fire that stretched across two acres of a Los Angeles freeway. During the fire, a cloud of black smoke appeared over the area in San Fernando Valley. Firefighters responded to a call on Monday night, quickly arriving and extinguishing the fire [...]

After responding to a late night fire in Glendale, two firefighters have been hospitalized with substantial injuries. When the fire sparked up in a local two-story house, firefighters from Burbank and Glendale departments reported to the scene, at around 10:12 pm on Monday. The fire continued for as many as 30 minutes, with 36 firefighters [...]

A man in California has taken on the description of a hero after saving a girl from a burning vehicle. The man, McDonald of West Covina, drove down Interstate 10 near Los Angeles when he noticed a flaming vehicle situated on the side of the road. McDonald approached the vehicle as three people, its driver [...]

Unknown factors sparked a two-alarm fire at an East County house on Friday, where an elderly homeowner received minor burn injuries. The woman, owner of the house, escaped the flames but also became a victim of burn injuries while attempting to save her pet Chihuahua. The injured woman was accompanied by her 53-year-old daughter, who [...]

A Santa Clarita brush fire required the involvement of local Los Angeles firefighters to extinguish the fire. According to the Los Angeles fire department, the brush fire occurred at a location east of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. After the brush fire was reported at 3:51 pm, Los Angeles firefighters reported to the scene [...]

A fire broke out at 715 ½ N. Anaheim Blvd Apartments at around 3: 20 a.m this morning.  The blaze engulfed a multi-unit complex and displaced 10 residents.   At press time there were no reported burn injuries.  The building houses two bedroom apartment units as well as a handful of businesses, including a video store, [...]

Burn injuries come in a variety forms. There is the thermal burn, such as those from scalding or boiling water, hot steam, fire; friction burns by coming into contact with a rough surface, such as when a motorcyclist goes down and skids along the asphalt or pavement before coming to a rest; electrical burns; chemical [...]

An evening fire in South Los Angeles was the the cause of multiple injuries at a mattress store yesterday. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the incident at 6:51 pm last night, when the fire occurred at the 1520 West Florence Ave. store.
The fire was substantial, involving flames across the structure which almost extended [...]