A lawsuit filed Dec. 23 provides 75 examples of building plans seemingly in violation of fire safety regulations designed to ...

Firefighters say a 50-year-old man was found with serious injuries during the secondary search of the heavily burned house.

A proposed half-cent sales tax increase to fund the Los Angeles Fire Department has been cleared for signature gathering.

A fire broke out aboard a Los Angeles container ship on Friday, briefly prompting a shelter-in-place order for surrounding communities over concerns about hazardous materials within the ship’s ...

LOS ANGELES -- A fire on a container ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles was nearly contained Saturday afternoon, though authorities were still assessing whether enough hazardous material burned to ...

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Sunflowers can take up cadmium and other heavy metals that can be left behind in the soil, though experts debate their ...

After new Los Angeles Fire Chief Jaime Moore told NBC Los Angeles exclusively that schools should allow students to learn from home when there’s a higher risk of wildfires, some parents have reacted ...