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Coronavirus Cases Declining in LA County Fire Department
The Los Angeles County Fire Department has experienced a “drastic decline” in the test positivity rate and the number of individuals out sick with COVID-19 within its workforce, officials said Monday.
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Firefighter Severely Injured While Fighting Downtown LA Blaze Talks About His Miraculous Recovery
On May 16, 11 firefighters were seriously injured during one of the most intense and dangerous fires in the history of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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Body of Missing Los Angeles Firefighter Found
Mexican officials announced Wednesday that they had located the body of Frank Aguilar, a California firefighter who disappeared without a trace in late August.
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LA Fire Department Shows Off Nation's First Firefighting Robot
The tank shaped robot is latest tool in LA’s firefighting arsenal. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020.
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Couple Arrested in Missing Firefighter Case
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.
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Los Angeles Firefighter Still Missing as 2 Arrested in Tijuana for Abduction
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…
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Family of Firefighter Waits for Answers on Possible ‘Violent Kidnapping'
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…
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LAFD Mourns Firefighter Who Died of COVID-19
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.
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From the Archives: The November 1961 Bel Air Fire Disaster
In November 1961, a disastrous brush fire destroyed nearly 500 homes when it roared over a mountain ridge and swept through canyons in Los Angeles’ Bel Air area, a grim illustration of the potential for wildfire devastation at this time of year in Southern California.
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Eleven Firefighters Injured in Building Explosion in Downtown LA
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.
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New Video Shows Firefighters Escaping DTLA Explosion
Drone footage shows firefighters escaping an explosion. Rick Montanez reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, 2020.
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Drone Video Shows Firefighters Escaping Fireball in Downtown LA Explosion
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...
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Firefighters Continue Recovering While Investigators Search for Cause of Explosion, Fire
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.
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LA Mayor, Doctors Say All Firefighters Expected to Survive After Building Explosion
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.
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Fire Burns at Least Nine Vehicles, Then Spreads to Nearby Homes
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…
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Photos: High-Rise Apartment Fire Injures 8 in West LA
Firefighters in rescue helicopters hoisted more than a dozen people to safety Wednesday from a rooftop of a West Los Angeles high-rise building on fire. Thick smoke billowed from the seventh floor, which is the sixth“residential” floor above the building’s lobby. Eight people were injured, including a 3-month-old child. One person suffered critical injuries, according to the fire department.... -
20 SoCal Firefighters Returning After Battling Deadly Australian Wildfires
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...
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Firefighters Rescue Residents From Rooftop of Burning West LA High-Rise Building
Firefighters are battling flames Wednesday at a West Los Angeles high-rise building.
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High-Rise Fire on Westside Under Investigation
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.
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Neighbors Tell Their Harrowing Stories After West LA Apartment Fire
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.
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