Amazingly, a local towing company caught the explosion ... says it’s not clear who owns the truck, let alone what it was carrying. The LAFD could only confirm they are lithium-ion batteries ...

the Los Angeles Fire Department told The Verge that the fire kept going on and off. Acosta told us he was called to the job ...

Willoughby police officers requested firefighters to the scene to assist the tow truck driver. Firefighters extricated the ...

(Shiv Patel/Daily Bruin senior staff) UCPD arrived at the scene around 12:35 a.m., followed by an LAFD fire truck shortly before 12:40 a.m. LAFD – which responds to night calls instead of the UC ...

What does it mean when a vehicle is considered a half-ton truck? What does that mean for total capacity and how does that equate to towing power?

HCSO says Family of 5-month-old killed in tow truck crash seeks justice Tow truck driver charged in crash that killed 5-month-old, judge rules ...

"This will allow it to continue burning or off gassing, while lessening the impact on traffic and port operations," the LAFD said Friday. Flames and thick smoke could be seen coming from the shipping ...

(KABC) -- A semi-truck carrying six large lithium-ion batteries ... the 900 block of North Seaside Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. A hazardous materials team was sent to ...

Officials fully cleared the wreckage Friday night, a day after a semi-truck carrying lithium-ion ... road users,” the agency added. “After LAFD removed the shipping container from the roadway ...

If you spend much time in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, you will notice, amid the clamor of buses and trucks and car horns ... s not usually a fire that LAFD Station 11 is responding ...

Just after 10 a.m. Friday Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to a restaurant on Sherman Way near Hazeltine Avenue in Van Nuys. A call was made for three people with possible chemical ...