Local News

Students evacuate as crews put out Granada Hills high school building fire

By Julie Sharp

December 4, 2025 / 11:08 AM PST / CBS LA

CBS News Los Angeles

Students at John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills evacuated to the football stadium as school was in session on Thursday, as crews worked to put out a campus building fire.

LAFD crews work to put out a fire at a building on the John F. Kennedy High School campus in Granada Hills. CBS LA

Fire broke out on the roof of a building under construction on the campus in the 11200 block of Gothic Avenue. Officials with the Los Angeles Fire Department said firefighters worked inside the structure to see if the fire was confined to the roof or if other parts of the building were involved.

No injuries were reported, and crews put out the fire in 26 minutes, according to the LAFD. Students will go home early as the school schedule shifted to a minimum day.

Students evacuate outside at John F. Kennedy High School. CBS LA

Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.