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LAFD Capt. Erik Scott told reporters the morning of the explosion that the woman driving the truck had “noticed some abnormalities of the tanks,” prompting her to stop and call authorities.
One Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter remains in the hospital after being injured in an explosion involving a natural gas truck in the Wilmington area Thursday morning. Authorities said at ...
According to the Los Angeles City Fire Department, 10 firefighters arrived to find the truck, with no trailer attached, on fire. The tanks exploded six minutes later, according to LAFD. “The clean-air ...
The ball of flame was as high as these telephone poles." Two 100-gallon compressed natural gas tanks were on the truck, the LAFD said. Firefighters remained at the scene to release gas from the ...
The incident occurred shortly before 7 a.m. in the area of Alameda Street and Henry Ford Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Twelve firefighters "responded to a truck with ...
Nine people were injured on Saturday morning after a truck struck them in the Westlake community of Los Angeles. Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department were dispatched to the 647 block ...
A piece of concrete reportedly fell from Dodger Stadium and hit a spectator over the weekend, prompting the installation of protective netting. This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on June ...
A Jan. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims firefighters in Los Angeles rely on electric fire trucks that take hours to recharge. “(Forty-five) of Los Angeles fire trucks have to ...