Up to 202 Los Angeles fire department workers reported to the scene of a wildfire in the San Gabriel mountains, under the direction of fire assistant chief Jeffrey S. Mottram, according to reports. The firefighters arrived at the mountains as the wildfire ensued, with as many as three acres of land already burning. This San [...]

A fire that burned through a section of a condominium in Thousand Oaks sent two people to the hospital yesterday. It was at the 1600 block of Calle Zadiro where the fire took place, at around 1:13 pm in the afternoon, starting in an upstairs residence of the two-story apartment. After being reported, sixteen unites [...]

Los Angeles Fire Department officials responded to a call on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles, where a strip mall of business had just sparked ablaze. When the firefighters reached the incident, heavy smoke was rising from the two story building. The department then utilized force to enter, but flames had already extended across [...]

Two woman suffered burn injuries Wednesday night, one ending fatal, at a home in Fullerton where a fire took place. A fire erupted at approximately 7:25 pm on Victoria drive. Firefighters responded to the Fullerton fire, and were at it it for almost an hour before successfully extinguishing it. Authorities reported that, when firefighters reached [...]

A man in Los Angeles fought a fire at an adjacent home using his own garden hose on Friday. Before 8 am, firefighters were alerted of an an ongoing fire on Coney Coad, just north of Cal State Los Angeles. Before firefighters arrived, the man, who lived next door to the blazing home, had already [...]

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 lightning storm that occurred during the weekend displaced a group of more than 30 residents in Redding. As the storm progressed, wildfires began to ignite across Northern California. The naturally-caused incident threatened 100 structures when the fire began to spread through Shasta County, requiring in excess of 600 firefighters to battle the flames. According [...]

Pasadena firefighters yesterday evening handled a fire that raged through brush in the area of Rosemont and Washington. The brush fire ignited at around 6:22 in the evening, first only in brush but soon threatening homes close by. When the Pasadena fire was reported, Firefighters arrived at the scene within 30 minutes, according to reports. [...]

A woman who rammed through a glass window yesterday morning fortunately left the crash uninjured. The accident occurred in Temple City, and although no injuries occurred, definite property damage took place. As the woman drove through the parking lot near the accident, her foot must have slipped, hitting the gas rather than brake. The woman, [...]

A commercial building that is reported to be a medical marijuana manufacturer was in flames Tuesday morning, although the cause remains unclear. Firefighters responded to a call this morning to fire at the commercial location, a Westchester one-story building. When the fire first occurred, officials were unsure whether or not the site was indeed a [...]