Palisades Fire initially started 10:30 a.m. Jan. 7 in Los Angeles County. It has burned 23,448 acres after being active for 17 days. A crew of 2,420 firefighters has been working on site and they ...

"It does have a high potential for spread because we are looking at 32-mph winds as we speak," LA County Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher Berkoh said that day. "Those winds are supposed to ...

The LA County Sheriff's Department said its deputies had made a total of 34 fire-related arrests since last Tuesday, most in the Eaton fire evacuation area, including two Sunday night for curfew ...

In a small, intimate press conference on Friday, County of Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Malcolm Dicks was reunited with Patty Phillips, the Malibu resident he saved from the Palisades Fire.

including from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which covers areas outside the city, including hard-hit Altadena. But images of residents in some neighborhoods trying to save homes with ...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department mistakenly issued a warning to roughly 9.6 million residents, alerting them to leave their homes late Thursday afternoon. Kevin McGowan, the director of Los ...

On March 17, 2022, the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) announced it was donating “surplus” equipment to help first responders in Ukraine. The surplus equipment included “hoses ...

A red flag warning remains in effect until 10 a.m. Friday," Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Anthony Marrone said. "It remains a difficult fire to contain, although we are getting the ...

Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles County. The ...

Altadena residents can have the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department check on their homes for free as the Eaton Fire cleanup efforts continued through the weekend.

Sheila Kelliher of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, explaining that strike teams were in position. The teams are each comprised of five fire trucks and 21 firefighters whose mission is to ...