The Los Angeles Fire Department Friday night announced the death of retired Arson Detection Canine Major. Major was assigned to the department’s Arson Counter Terrorism Section from December 2008 until retirement in April 2016. He lived with his handler, retired Arson Accelerant Detection Investigator Frankie Oglesby, the LAFD’s Nicholas Prange said. During his time with the department Major responded to…

A hiker died Friday after going into cardiac arrest in Griffith Park. Fire crews responded to a call of a hiker in distress at 1:17 p.m. and arrived at the scene to find the person in cardiac arrest, according to Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire department and park rangers attempted to provide lifesaving measures, but…

A fire sparked accidentally by “carelessness with a candle” damaged a converted garage in the South Los Angeles area Wednesday, and a woman and her two young children were taken to a hospital for examination, authorities said. Firefighters sent to the 300 block of East 47th Place at 7:41 a.m. extinguished the flames in 12 minutes, according to the Los…

A woman in her 70s was killed and the driver was severely injured after he ran through an intersection, colliding with an ambulance.

A 60-year-old woman riding as a passenger in a taxi cab was killed Saturday when the vehicle crashed into a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 8:22 a.m. to the crash scene in the 13200 block of West Jefferson Boulevard, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “Firefighter/paramedics gave immediate medical assistance to…

Gov. Gavin Newsom surveyed damage caused by the Getty Fire and praised firefighters for their efforts. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019.

Los Angeles Fire Captain Erik Scott gives Aliya Jasmine 5 tips for homeowners who live in areas impacted by wildfires. Preparing in advance by using ‘defensive landscaping’ helps firefighters save your home during a fire.

Here are five landscaping tips Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Erik Scott says everyone should use in the event of a fire to slow the spread of flames, and stop them from reaching a home.

A woman surrendered her newborn baby at a fire station in Koreatown under California’s Safely Surrendered Baby Law, authorities said Wednesday morning.

Firefighters needed about 90 minutes Tuesday morning to extinguish a “stubborn” fire in a two-story commercial building in Mid-City.

Firefighters in Granada Hills battled a fire in a single-story house. A search began for another person who may be stuck inside. Christine Kim reports for Today in LA on September 28, 2019.

A team of 186 firefighters spent nearly three hours battling a “major emergency” blaze at a fabric wholesale firm in downtown Los Angeles Monday, authorities said.

Officials from building and safety were called out on Saturday after a cement truck rolled down a hill, crossed a street and struck the garage of a single-story home in the Mount Washington area of Los Angeles.

A preliminary hearing was pending this morning for a 61-year-old “convicted serial arsonist” jailed in lieu of $700,000 bail in Van Nuys on suspicion of setting 11 arson fires in the San Fernando Valley that targeted vehicles and trash containers.

The man accused of setting the 11 fires was captured on security footage, appearing to collect flammable cardboard. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019.

A previously convicted serial arsonist was arrested Thursday morning in connection with a string of fires that were set throughout Studio City, fire officials said.

A 52-year-old arson suspect was jailed Wednesday morning in connection with a fire at a West Adams apartment complex that forced residents of one unit to leap to safety from the second floor of their apartment, seriously injuring one of the occupants.

An aircraft crashed Saturday afternoon at Limekiln Canyon and Sesnon blvd in the Porter Ranch area, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

A worker was killed and another was severely injured at the Port of Los Angeles container terminal. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, May 15, 2019.

A man was killed and another worker was seriously injured in an industrial accident at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Wednesday, officials said.