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LOS ANGELES — A driver in Torrance is dead after police say they were unable to save the person from their Tesla because of its burning lithium ion battery. Torrance police responded to a single ...

He said scavengers often burn wire insulation to extract and sell the metal inside, which could have started the fire. BURNING PLASTIC WASTE In Barangay Nancayasan, Urdaneta City, firefighters ...

As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems ...

The idea is to keep flames and heat away from a home and reduce the likelihood of embers finding a weak spot to enter and burn it from the inside. Measures can include anything from choosing fire ...

California firefighters often say there is no longer a "fire season" and the threat of a wildfire sparking and spreading quickly is year-round. But there is a heightened awareness of wildfires in ...

EV vehicle fires can take tens of thousands of gallons of water to put out, because the lithium-ion inside the batteries can create oxygen when burning, meaning a lot more water is necessary to ...

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass issued an emergency executive order Tuesday morning to shore up Los Angeles burn areas and protect watersheds ahead of potential rain this weekend. The forecast ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- An arson suspect who was arrested Tuesday in Pacoima admitted he started a small fire that burned a tree "because he liked the smell of burning leaves," according to Los ...

Four new wildfires have already started this week. The Palisades fire ignited on January 7 and is still burning. It is more than 23,400 acres in size and is 68 percent contained. Some evacuation ...