At least one LAFD official knew that a battalion chief had directed firefighters to leave the scene of the Lachman fire Jan.

In an exclusive interview, LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields told 7 On Your Side Investigates the plan he helped craft for the ...

Firefighters quickly contained a commercial building fire at 771 E Pico Blvd in Downtown Los Angeles with no injuries ...

City leaders put politics over preparedness, allowing January’s disastrous Palisades Fire to burn out of control — and ...

He also helped create the LAFD's Equity and Human Resources bureau and has said ... The mandatory protocol was instituted after top fire officials failed to pre-deploy engines to Pacific Palisades in ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Since the Los Angeles Fire Department is still not answering ABC7 On Your Side Investigates' specific questions on how it mopped up the Lachman Fire, we spent ...

Ten months after the Palisades Fire devastated homes and businesses, officials announced Wednesday they had arrested someone they believe started the flames. However, Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man ...

LA firefighters quickly extinguished a downtown fire at 1359 E Washington Bl, with no injuries reported. Traffic was affected.

Video shows smoke rising from January's Lachman fire burn scar, hours after LAFD declared it fully contained and days before catastrophic Palisades rekindle.

A fire that broke out in downtown Los Angeles Sunday was knocked down by firefighters. The fire occurred in a one-story ...

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The Los Angeles Fire Department needs to overhaul its staffing policies, improve communication systems and enhance wildfire training following the devastating Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and ...