Vehicle Fire 09/16/2024 INC#0775 - Vehicle Fire; INC#0775; 12:02PM; 8530 N Laurel Canyon Bl; #SunValley; PRELIM: Firefighters are establishing a defensive firefighting posture to extinguish a CNG fueled trash truck (unconfirmed ownership) well involved with fire, with flames threatening one residential structure nearby. As a precaution, LAPD has been summoned to establish a 300' safety perimeter. No injury.; FS 77; Batt 12; Valley Bureau; Council District 6; BC10 BC12 E260 E289 E7 E81 RA77 RA889 T60 T89; CH9; 17; Brian Humphrey 09-16-24 12:21 PM

Knockdown - Vehicle Fire 09/16/2024 INC#0775 - Knockdown - Vehicle Fire; INC#0775; 02:16PM; 8449 N Laurel Canyon Bl; #SunValley; *Address Corrected* After more than two hours of well-coordinated defensive firefighting operations that contained fire to the City of Los Angeles Sanitation Bureau CNG (Compresses Natural Gas) powered waste recycling vehicle, and prevented injury or damage to any structure, the bulk of flames have been extinguished, and residents of all but two of the 21 homes that were briefly evacuated as a precaution, have been allowed to rehouse. Residents of the two remaining homes closest to the still-smoldering vehicle, will be allowed back into their homes shortly. No injuries were reported. The specific cause of this fire has yet to be determined. NOTE: This incident comes nearly seven months to the day of a violent explosion of a CNG-fueled semi-truck in the City of Los Angeles community of Wilmington on February 15, 2024, that hospitalized nine LAFD Firefighters. ( https://lafd.org/news/violent-vehicle-fire-explosion-causes-severe-injuries-lafd-firefighters ), and led to a still active investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board ( https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY24FH003.aspx ). ; FS 89; Batt 14; Valley Bureau; Council District 6; BC10 BC12 CE43 CM40 CM42 E260 E287 E289 E7 E77 E81 EM10 EM12 EM14 HE2 HE3 JT3 RA39 RA77 RA81 RA850 RA874 RA878 RA889 RA89 RS3 SO1 SQ87 T60 T89; CH8; 17; Brian Humphrey 09-16-24 02:43 PM