Los Angeles Fire Department

The tank shaped robot is latest tool in LA’s firefighting arsenal. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.

According to the Attorney General, suspects Fanny N., 32, and Santos N., 27, were arrested Thursday, on a highway to Playas de Rosarito for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of Frank Aguilar, a California firefighter who disappeared without a trace in late August. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News on Oct. 9, 2020.

The Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California confirmed the arrests of two people allegedly involved in the disappearance of a Los Angeles firefighter in Rosarito, Baja California. According to the Attorney General, suspects Fanny N., 32, and Santos N., 27, were arrested Thursday, on a highway to Playas de Rosarito for their alleged involvement in the disappearance…

The family of a Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter who has been missing since Aug. 20 in Baja California, Mexico, is waiting Thursday for any word on where he is, a day after Mayor Eric Garcetti said he may have been the victim of a “violent kidnapping.” Aguilar, a 20-year veteran of the LAFD, disappeared Aug. 20 from his condominium…

Jose Perez, 44, was the first firefighter in the department to die of COVID-19. As seen on NBC LA at 11 p.m. Saturday July 25, 2020.

A building marked Smoke Totes Warehouse distributor was at the center of the fire that took two hours to put out and injured several LAFD firefighters. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Saturday May 16, 2020.

Drone footage shows firefighters escaping an explosion. Rick Montanez reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

Drone video shows firefighters escaping from a burning downtown Los Angeles building Saturday through an enormous cloud of smoke and a menacing fireball. The video obtained by the NBC4 I-Team captured firefighters climbing down a ladder from the roof of the single-story building as they’re surrounded by fire and smoke. Twelve firefighters were injured, but none of the injuries...

Investigators will be combing through debris, looking for burn patterns and talking to witnesses as they work to determine a cause to the fire that put so many lives at risk. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Sunday May 17, 2020.

Three of the 11 firefighters suffered critical, but not life-threatening, injuries. Kim Tobin reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Saturday May 16, 2020.

At least nine vehicles were damaged Thursday morning when fire tore through garages and spread to a nearby. apartment building in Los Angeles’ Arlington Heights area.  The fire was reported at about 5 a.m. in the 1300 block of Second Avenue in the community west of downtown Los Angeles. The initial report indicated one vehicle was on fire. Firefighters arrived…

Twenty Angeles National Forest firefighters will return to Los Angeles on Wednesday after spending almost a month battling the raging wildfires in Australia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The firefighters were deployed on Jan. 6 to assist the Victoria Rural Fire Service, according to the USDA’s Nathan Judy and Forest Service spokesman Andrew Mitchell. “All of us...

Firefighters are battling flames Wednesday at a West Los Angeles high-rise building.

A residential fire on the Westside of Los Angeles is under investigation. Patrick Healy reported on NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.

Neighbors tell their harrowing stories of escape after a West LA apartment fire. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a..m on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020.

The Los Angeles Fire Department evacuated residents on Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in a high-rise apartment building in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.

A number of University of Southern California students were displaced after a water main broke on the roof of a five-story residence hall in Los Angeles Wednesday night, fire officials said.

Efrem Demery has been charged with five felony counts, including two counts of murder, in relation to a Studio City fire that left two people dead.