LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed a just fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was ...
Crews knock down multiple spot fires along 5 Freeway in Elysian Park
Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department have knocked down grass fires that emerged Friday evening along the southbound 5 ...
Los Angeles fire today: Interstate 5 closed, 10,000 acres burnt to ashes in Hughes fire
Interstate 5 has been closed down temporarily because of the Hughes Fire. Authorities hurried to the site in Los Angeles and tried to control the fire.
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No, LAFD doesn’t have 45 electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge | Fact check
“(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to go back to the fire department for 10 hours a day to recharge instead of fighting fires after refueling in 7 minutes,” reads the post.
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LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley accused of firing employee for exposing financial misconduct, harassment in new suit
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was named in a lawsuit filed by a former longtime employee who said she spoke up about months of egregious misconduct by the chief and another top official ...
The Weeknd Joins Billionaires And Celebrities Donating To Los Angeles Fire Victims
From direct donations to auctions and a charity benefit concert—here's how celebrities and billionaire are helping victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.
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Amid dangerous winds in 2011, LAFD engines stood ready. That didn’t happen this time
Thirteen years ago, Los Angeles Fire Department officials were bracing for the kind of dangerous winds that could drive flames across hillsides and canyons and tear through neighborhoods from ...
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LAFD helicopter pilots describe water drops, challenges of battling Palisades fire in high winds
“We as firemen want to solve the problem and put the fire out,” said Child, chief pilot with the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Air Operations Division. “But the (Federal Aviation ...
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LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Los Angeles fire bosses deployed just a fraction of its firefighters and trucks to the deadly Palisades Fire until it was already out of control — sending just five of the 40 available fire ...