LA County residents to face evacuation warnings due to risks of mudslides and debris flows
With heavy rain bringing the risk of dangerous debris flows, the Los Angeles Fire Department has announced evacuation warnings — and mandatory evacuation orders for some specific addresses — in areas ...
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LA’s “fire dozer” is every bit as cool as it sounds
This thing is an absolute unit. Over 11 feet tall. Runs on tracks instead of wheels. Up front? A 16-foot-wide blade that clears 30 feet of brush in two passes. Its turbocharged 14.6-liter six-cylinder ...
KCAL News investigation finds more than 1,300 fire hydrants need maintenance across LA
An investigation has found that hundreds of fire hydrants spanning throughout Los Angeles may be in need of repair, despite ...
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Update: Palisades Fire at 97% containment, 23,448 acres affected in Los Angeles County
Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 22 days. A crew of 800 firefighters has been working on site and they ...
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Firefighters, who are also veterans, say military background helped them battle Palisades Fire
Adam Van Gerpen, Public Information Officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. "We were there at the beginning, and we had firefighters surrounding the whole thing, on the roof with hose lines.
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Videos show 'exact moment' Eaton Fire began on Los Angeles County hillside
Lawyers in Los Angeles County ... through a 3D reconstruction that the fire was triggered by sparks coming from a cluster of transmission towers on a hillside. Pakistani engineer creates bizarre ...
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LA City Fire captain recounts fighting Palisades fire and returning home to Middle Tennessee
I connected with one of those LA city fire captains who said support is what they need now. “Thirty-three years of experience, you think you’ve just seen it all. And when you look at this ...
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LA is on edge as new fires ignite — with one already rampaging across more than 10,300 acres
Its forward progress was stopped within the first few hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. An evacuation warning for the area — which contained a $30 million property owned by Rupert ...
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Forward progress stopped of new brush fire in LA’s Sepulveda Basin
Using both aerial and ground attacks, firefighters sought to gain control of the flames in the hillside area against light winds, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. The ...
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Hughes Fire forces partial evacuation of 5,000+ person Los Angeles jail
The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City ... Fire. The California Guard’s MAFFS are based at the 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station in ...
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Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned that winds could carry ash and advised Angelenos to visit the city ... Fire reached 68%, and the Eaton Fire was at 91%. Luna said Wednesday that his department ...