VIDEO: A woman in her 60s died and a 39-year-old woman was hospitalized following a garage fire Wednesday night at a Pacoima home.
The fire was reported at about 10:30 p.m. in the 13000 block of Gager Street in the San Fernando Valley communuity. Firefighters arrived to see flames shooting from the roof of a detached garage at the rear of the property near Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
They opened the front of the garage to fight the fire, which was knocked down in about 20 minutes. Flames and smoke could be seen from the nearby freeway.
A woman was found dead inside the garage, which appeared to be a dwelling space. The 39-year-old woman with special needs was hospitalized in critical condition.
The garage did not have smoke detectors.
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VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Paradise community continues to make strides towards recovery since the 2018 Camp Fire and on Wednesday, one family finally gets to call Paradise home again.
Laughter and joy filled the air on Wednesday as a single father of four and Paradise local, Bradly Reinhart, got to show off his new fire-resilient home. “It already feels like home cause my youngest already left a pair of socks here,” said Reinhart. “I was dancing...I got accepted for a home,” Reinhart continued, “I ran and woke all my kids up and was like, ‘Hey we have a home!’” “We are here to hopefully empower and encourage other builders in other hometowns to achieve these designations as well,” said Habitat For Humanity Of Butte County Operations Manager Brixie Hansen-Judge.
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PHOTOS: Kern County firefighters managed to rescue a puppy and two cats from a burning home last weekend in Taft.
On March 23, the Kern County Fire Department received reports of a house on fire near the 27000 block of North Lincoln Street. Just after 12:55 a.m., crews arrived on scene to a burning single-story house with flames in the front of the building. After a short inspection, a fire captain determined the house was 50% involved in fire and possibly active power lines had fallen nearby. Firefighters had to shuttle the water engine by engine, due to the distance of the nearest fire hydrant.
A puppy and two cats were brought to safety by firefighters, officials said. The Red Cross was called to assist the displaced residents. No injuries were reported.
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