Roads along the 5 Freeway in Sylmar were shut down after a semi-truck carrying Tesla vehicles was engulfed in flames Saturday. Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to the southbound lanes, just south of Balboa Boulevard around 5:30 p.

The fire’s progress was stopped Thursday night. It has burned 481 acres of vegetation. Containment numbers rose Friday and again on Saturday.

Jerry W. Guzman reportedly died sometime on Friday, but officials did not provide further details about his death.

A fire at a battery storage facility in South Los Angeles turned into a tough battle for crews early Sunday morning. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze was reported at 4:33 a.m. at 16208 South Vermont Street, adjacent to the border between L.A. and the city of Gardena.

Firefighters Saturday knocked down a small grass fire along the Harbor Gateway community of Los Angeles, authorities said. Firefighters were dispatched at 10:42 a.m. Saturday to 600 W. 182nd St., the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

LAFD extinguished a fire in a Pico-Robertson apartment in 26 minutes, preventing its spread and rescuing an elderly woman.

The Canyon Fire sounds the alarm that austerity cuts, climate change, and political neglect continue unchecked, fueling more frequent and destructive wildfires with devastating consequences for working class communities.