Los Angeles Fire Department

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.

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.

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.

The Los Angeles Police Department plans to publicly discuss Monday the arrest of a 28-year-old man on suspicion of setting fire to a music studio in Studio City, killing two people and leaving two others gravely injured.

A trash truck in Hollywood was completely ablaze Saturday, reminiscent of the scene that caused the deadly Sandalwood Fire that destroyed 76 homes.

A trash truck drives through the heart of Hollywood, unaware its load is on fire. Darsha Philips reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019.

A fire at an auto body shop in North Hollywood burned for more than three hours and spread to a nearby buildings before it was extinguished by firefighters Saturday morning.

The grand opening celebration for the fire station in Van Nuys replacing the Los Angeles Fire Department’s oldest active station will be held Saturday.