LAFD: battery fires are surging — 45 per week — and the department wants UL‑style rules and more hazmat staff.

Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters knocked down a fire at a vacant strip mall Thursday where flames were shooting through the roof of multiple units in the Vermont Square area of Los Angeles. Fire crews responded at 1:52 a.

One Bass confidant told a source that 'the mayor didn't tell the truth when she said she had nothing to do with changing the report.'

Mayor Karen Bass' office denied reports that said she directed the watering down of an after-action report that detailed alleged failings of the Los Angeles Fire Department during last year's Palisades Fire.

In the early hours of Friday, the Los Angeles Fire Department issued an Alert‑Update about a grass fire labeled "outside city" near the 11400 block of South La Cienega Boulevard. The notice named Fire Station 95 (FS95) among the responding units and directed readers to a map and a details page for more information.

As lithium-ion batteries power more of our everyday tools, the Los Angeles Fire Department warns the batteries are also supercharging more fires.