Loved ones mourn 68-year-old woman killed in a Boyle Heights fire
Family and friends came together to mourn a 68-year-old woman after a fire ripped through her second-story Boyle Heights apartment. Lauren Pozen reports.
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Family and friends came together to mourn a 68-year-old woman after a fire ripped through her second-story Boyle Heights apartment. Lauren Pozen reports.
It's unclear at this moment what caused the structure to catch fire but first responders quickly put out the fire in 12 minutes.
Relatives of 42-year-old Natiesha Lewis had to use DNA to identify her since her body was so badly burned. Kandiss Crone reports.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department is battling a large fire near the 105 and 605 Freeways.
The incident began as a dispute between two brothers, one of which was armed, at about 5:40 p.m. at a home in the 2500 block of Greenfield Avenue. Authorities identified the suspect as 47-year-old Nurhan Venk on Thursday. He was being held on $1 million bail. Jasmine Viel reports.
The fire was first reported taking place at the 43800 block of Lancaster Road, near Highway 138 in Gorman.
It's unclear at this moment how the fire started but it eventually spread to nearby structures on the 15000 block of Cartwright Drive.
Karissa Finger believes that her grandparents, 81-year-old Carol and 82-year-old James Carty, died from inhaling too much smoke while trying to rescue their pets from the blaze.
According to Cal Fire officials in San Bernardino, two structures have been destroyed by the fire, with several others still threatened. An estimated 30 acres of brush is also burning.
LAFD crews quickly handled the large fire that broke out at a commercial structure in South LA early Thursday morning.
No one was injured in the blaze, and officials say there is no threat to the power supply.
The suspect was taken into custody after crawling out of the burning apartment around 9 a.m. Rina Nakano reports.
It took more than 80 firefighters a little over an hour to contain the blaze at the vacant warehouse, preventing it from spreading to nearby structures.
Crews on the ground and in the air were able to get a handle on the fire with no visible flames by 10:50 p.m.
Several helicopters flew over ground crews to help put out the fire.
The fire quickly burned five acres of medium to heavy brush fire.
One firefighter out of the 59 that were called to the scene was transported to a hospital for a non-life threatening injury.
The department announced there were no injuries to civilians or firefighters.
Officials have cautioned against using fireworks this holiday weekend as the drought emergency worsens daily, making dry, golden brush ripe fuel for wildfires. Nicole Comstock
LAFD said the fire happened at the intersection of 104th and Figueroa Streets. Authorities elevated the seriousness of the blaze to a greater alarm fire as it engulfed both floors of the two-story apartment complex.
It took 55 LAFD firefighters just over 30 minutes to contain the flames, which had broken out inside of a laundry room at the facility. As a result, 20 of the 90 patients at the rehab center were forced to evacuate from the building and shelter in their hospital beds in the parking lot.
According to LAFD public information officer Brian Humphrey, there were at least 80 firefighters on the scene. The department has sent three helicopters to help battle the fire. The Los Angeles County Fire Department has also deployed to help stop the blaze.
Four firefighters were injured Friday after fireworks exploded inside an apartment burning in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. Michele Gile reports.
Crews were able to contain the blaze at 35 acres overnight, and had reported 75% containment Monday morning.
The fire killed two cats.
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