A brush fire broke out in Glendale near the 2 and 134 freeways this afternoon, sending a thick tower of smoke into the sky above the hills north of Eagle Rock and prompting closure of some freeway lanes. Crews and helicopters from the Los Angeles Fire ... Read More »
The afternoon blaze burned about three acres of grass and brush in Ascot Hills Park in El Sereno before it was knocked down in about 45 minutes, according preliminary reports by the Los Angeles Fire Department. No one was injured or structures damaged, according to LAFD ... Read More »
A fire that broke out in an attic of an Echo Park home early this morning left two people, including a firefighter, injured, reports the Los Angeles Fire Department. One of the residents was injured when he jumped from a window, according to Patch. The firefighter’s ... Read More »
Firefighters put out a trio of small grass fires that started this afternoon along the 110 Freeway in Cypress Park and Lincoln Heights. The Los Angeles Fire Department and Eastsider readers reported a small grass fire burning north of the Avenue 26 exit. That fire, one ... Read More »
Smoldering hillside viewed from Avenue 32. Photo by Terrance Grace Smoke was curling into the sky over the hills of Lincoln Heights this afternoon after a brush fire broke out after 1 p.m. above Griffin Avenue near Avenue 33, according to early reports from the Los ... Read More »
No injuries were reported after an early-morning fire gutted an Echo Park house at the corner of Scott and Lake Shore avenues. Three people were inside the one-story bungalow when the fire was reported shortly before 2 a.m., according to ABC7. The fire was believed to ... Read More »
Photo by Silver Lake resident Firefighters on Wednesday night quickly put out a blaze that charred a vehicle parked in the middle of the 3100 block of Marathon Street in Silver Lake. “One of the neighbors saw a guy stop the car and run out in ... Read More »
A gated Silver Lake alley that runs behind a Sunset Boulevard minimall has been blamed for creating a safe haven for criminal activity, from prostitution to drug use, and a hang out for the homeless. On Friday, a pile of debris in the alley, which runs ... Read More »
Smoke from a small blaze next to the southbound 110 climbs in the sky above Cypress Park. Photo by Martha Benedict A pair of small fires broke out this afternoon in Cypress Park near the junction of the 5 and 110 Freeways. It took 46 firefighters ... Read More »
Photo courtesy Coronado Elsinore Neighborhood Watch A plume of black smoke and flames shot up into the sky over Silver Lake today as a pile of debris caught fire in an alleyway near Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way. No injuries were reported from the blaze, which ... Read More »