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Friday, August 16th, 2013Yesterday (August 15, 2013) afternoon, Long Beach Fire units responded to a reported structure fire on the 500 block of Bellflower Blvd. First arriving units found heavy smoke coming from an electrical vault in the parking structure below the apartment complex. Firefighters used hoses to cool the vault until the power coming into the structure could […]
Fatal Traffic Accident
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013On Wednesday morning (August 14, 2013) at approximately 2:45am, Long Beach Fire Department resources responded to a traffic accident with a trapped victim at Pacific Coast Hwy east of Judson Ave. The patient was declared deceased by LBFD Paramedics. The Long Beach Police Department is handling the investigation.
Vehicle into a House
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013Tuesday evening (August 13, 2013) at approximately 8pm, Long Beach Fire units responded to the 2600 block of E 7th St for a vehicle into a house. The driver lost control of his SUV and veered across the sidewalk and into the front of a house. The uninjured driver fled and was later apprehended about a […]
LBFD Brush Fire Near the Nature Center
Thursday, August 8th, 2013On Thursday, August 8, 2013 at approximately 11:30 AM, Long Beach Fire units responded to the south side of Willow, just west of the 605 Fwy for a brush fire located near the Nature Center. The fire burned in an approximately 4-5 acre open area. The prevailing winds were pushing the smoke towards the Nature […]
Two apartment fires within minutes of each other
Thursday, April 11th, 2013Two separate apartment fires occurred in the Belmont Heights area on Tuesday evening, April 9th. At 9:13PM, Fire Department units responded to an apartment fire on the 1600 block of East 3rd St.. Units arriving on-scene found fire and heavy smoke coming from an upstairs apartment and were told that the upstairs tenant was trapped inside. […]
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