Star Tribune9d
24 dead as fire crews try to corral Los Angeles blazes before winds return this week
Firefighters scrambled Sunday to make further progress against wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed 24 people in the Los Angeles area as forecasters again warned of ...
Los Angeles Times14d
LA Times Today: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
LAFD firefighters have been working around the clock to combat the Palisades Fire, but the La Times reports that before fires broke out last Tuesday, top fire commanders decided not to assign ...
Crime15d
Live: Bus fire as plumes of smoke seen in Devon
Fire control received several 999 calls reporting a coach on fire in Plymouth. Two fire engines and a water bowser were initially sent. On arrival crews confirmed this was an empty coach and it ...
Seattle Times16d
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
No extra engines had been placed in the Palisades, where the fire broke out about 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 7, officials said. The department prepositioned nine engines to the San Fernando Valley and ...
AOL16d
LAFD bosses sent just 5 fire engines to Palisades Fire — while holding back 1,000 firefighters and 35 trucks in critical first hours
Despite being available, no extra engines were readied in the Palisades region prior to the fire breaking out there, according to the logs. LA’s Deputy Chief Richard Fields, who is in charge of ...
Los Angeles Times16d
L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
As the Los Angeles Fire Department faced extraordinary warnings of life-threatening winds, top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and ...
The Indianapolis Star16d
No, California didn't block fire trucks from Oregon over emissions rules | Fact check
A Jan. 11 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims California prevented some out-of-state fire engines from coming into the state to help fight its deadly wildfires. “Oregon sent 60 fire ...
Tribune24217d
No working fire engines leaves farmers to fight blaze
A RELENTLESS six-day fire at Fairfield Farm in Grand Bahama forced its owners to battle the flames themselves due to the island’s reported lack of operational fire engines. Tiffany Dennison, who ...
Janesville Gazette17d
LA fire officials could have put engines in Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t
top commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance of the fire that destroyed much of the Pacific ...
scmp.com18d
Hill fire in Hong Kong under control after burning for over 17 hours
A hill fire in the northwestern part of Hong Kong is under control after burning for more than 17 hours. The Fire Services Department said the blaze was brought under control at around 10.40am on ...