LAFD recruit killed on 101 Freeway in Studio City hit-and-run crash

Jacob Fuerte, a 22-year-old LA City firefighter recruit, was killed in what's being investigated as a hit-and-run crash on the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles.

Jacob Fuerte: Firefighter recruit killed
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Jacob Fuerte, 22, was looking to follow his dad's footsteps as a fulltime firefighter.

LAFD recruit killed in Studio City crash
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A young man killed in a crash on the 101 Freeway in Studio City Monday morning has been identified as a recruit firefighter with the Los Angeles Fire Department, officials announced.

LA firefighters supplied expired medications
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Firefighters in Los Angeles are raising the alarm after they say they were supplied expired meds.

Video captures Wilmington gas explosion that injured 9 firefighters

Nine firefighters were critically injured while responding to a reported natural gas explosion involving a big rig in Wilmington.

Firefighter dangling from chopper rescues man
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Dramatic video shared by LAFD shows the moments where a firefighter dangling from a helicopter rescued a man who was looking for his dog.

Baby delivered during evacuation of patients following power outage at LA hospital

Officials said three backup generators failed after White Memorial Hospital in Boyle Heights experienced an initial power outage during Tropical Storm Hilary.

Firefighter hurt battling Lincoln Heights house fire

During the firefight, one of the firefighters was shocked after coming into contact with a live wire. He was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.

2 hospitalized following chemical investigation in Chatsworth

An estimated 100 people were temporarily evacuated from a two-story commercial building in Chatsworth due to a chemical investigation. Hazmat teams said the odor had “dissipated and all readings are normal."

1 dead in South LA commercial building fire

A deadly commercial building fire was under investigation in South Los Angeles.

LA's ambulance shortage impacting city's public safety, paramedic says

LA city paramedics are once again speaking out against their management and department, exposing what they call a citywide problem that is public safety.

LA's ambulance shortage impacting city's public safety, paramedic says
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Los Angeles city paramedics are once again speaking out against their management and department, exposing what they call a citywide problem that is public safety.

Family says blocked access caused mother's death
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Firefighters were on site, but they were too far and too late to rescue the woman inside, 68-year-old Victoria Velasquez, a mother and grandmother.