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A car fire on the 5 Freeway sparked a brush fire in Castaic around noon Tuesday, authorities confirmed. Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the blaze, named the Townsend Fire, around 12:05 p.m.
A new wildfire was reported today at 4:18 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it has yet to be determined.
All fireworks are illegal in City of Los Angeles. City officials say there’s no such thing as ‘safe and sane’ fireworks
There was one entry point to the 18-foot wastewater tunnel that some 31 people were working in late on Wednesday night, per the LA fire department.
Numerous outlets are reporting that at least three people were killed in an apparent explosion at a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department facility.
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An explosion early Friday at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles that left three people dead was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said.
Vehicle locator data obtained by The Times show that most L.A. County fire trucks didn't shift into west Altadena until long after fire ravaged the area. How much of the town could have been saved, residents wonder?