Los Angeles Fire Department

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  31 Workers Raced In Dark To Escape Being Trapped After LA Tunnel Collapse

  Fire Department Chief Ronnie Villanueva said the workers had to make it through the most treacherous part themselves, climbing over more than 12 feet (3.6 meters) of loose dirt before rescuers could reach them and drive them to the only opening.

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  Stun Grenades, Pepper Balls, Tear Gas: Details Of The LA Police Crackdown

  The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and California Highway Patrol fired around 600 baton rounds to break up the ongoing protest.

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  Protests In LA Intensify Over Federal Immigration Sweeps, Tear Gas Used

  Protests outside a federal detention centre in Los Angeles turned tense as law enforcement agencies, including the California National Guard and Department of Homeland Security, fired non-lethal tear gas outside the facility to disperse protesters.

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  Los Angeles Fires, Limited Hydrants And A Catch-22 Situation In California

  As crews battled devastating wildfires across Los Angeles, a major challenge emerged: fire hydrants in some areas ran dry, and low water pressure hampered efforts to contain the blaze.

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  Fresh Fire Erupts, National Guard Called In: What's Happening In Los Angeles

  The Los Angeles County Sheriff, Robert Luna, has likened the devastation caused by raging wildfires in the region to the aftermath of an atomic bomb. "It looks as though an atomic bomb dropped in these areas," Mr Luna said on Thursday.

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  Largest Fire In Los Angeles History Forces Hundreds To Evacuate

  A fast-spreading brush fire north of Los Angeles forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes Friday and Saturday as firefighters struggled against triple-digit temperatures and erratic winds to contain the blaze, officials said.

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  14-Year-Old Boy Killed By Los Angeles Police May Have Fired On Officers: Police

  Witnesses saw a 14-year-old boy, suspected of spraying gang graffiti, fire at officers before he was shot to death, a Los Angeles Police Department official said on Wednesday.

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  5 Dead, 1 Arrested In Los Angeles Abandoned Building Fire

  A dispute between homeless people living together in an abandoned office building led one of them to set a fire that killed five others, authorities alleged on Tuesday.

• Woman Rescued From Chimney After Online Dating Goes Bad

  US firefighters rescued a woman from a chimney after she became stuck while allegedly breaking into the home of a man she met online, reports said on Monday.

• Wildfire in California's Sierra Nevada Threatens 2,000 Houses

  Fire crews in California's rugged Sierra Nevada battled to gain the upper hand on Wednesday against a blaze that threatened at least 2,000 homes and has displaced hundreds of residents as flames roared for a fifth day through dry timber and brush west of Lake Tahoe.

• Nine Hospitalized After US Lightning Strike

  Nine people, including a teenager, were taken to hospital Sunday following a lightning strike at bustling Venice Beach, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

• Dozens injured when tour bus overturns outside Los Angeles

  A tour bus overturned on a freeway outside Los Angeles on Thursday, leaving between 30 and 40 passengers injured, a fire department official said.

• Arizona wildfire: Investigators launch probe into the death of 19 firefighters

  Fire investigators in central Arizona launched a probe on Monday into how wind-driven flames closed in on and killed 19 specially trained firemen in a tragedy that marked the greatest loss of life among firefighters in a US wildland blaze in 80 years.

• 55 cars firebombed in Los Angeles, one person detained

  Twelve more suspected arson fires broke out early Monday in the Los Angeles area, and a "person of interest" was taken into custody for questioning in connection with the dozens of suspicious car fires that have hit the city since last week.