Be afraid...be very afraid: Your dog could accidentally set your house on fire! The Los Angeles Fire Department points us towards a video produced by The Pet Collective showing Hali Hudson and her 8-year-old Corgi, Yogi, and how Yogi is so excited to get into the cabinets where all the household cleaning supplies are. more ›

Scientists still aren't completely sure why the rocks a San Clemente woman picked up off the beach spontaneously ignited in her cargo shorts last weekend. Lyn Hiner, 43, and her children picked up stones streaked with orange from San Onofre State Beach. more ›

You read that right: Rocks collected by a woman and her kids at an Orange County beach somehow combusted inside her cargo shorts. more ›

As part of the ongoing repairs stemming from a fiery April 7th crash on the 134 Freeway near Glendale, Caltrans will be closing down sections of the freeway for three consecutive nights this weekend starting Friday. more ›

A report from the coroner's office hasn't revealed much about how a man found burning on a sidewalk in Altadena early Sunday morning actually died. more ›

An early riser in Altadena noticed something awry on the sidewalk this morning—there was something on fire. As the witness got closer, it turned out to be a human body. more ›

The driver of a vehicle that struck a tanker truck on the 134 Freeway, leading to a massive fire, was cited for a DUI and has been released. more ›

Investigators are probing a blaze that broke out late Tuesday night aboard a large sailboat off the coast of Malibu. One man was aboard the vessel, which was anchored about a quarter-mile off Paradise Cove, according to City News Service. He was able to flee the fire in a dinghy. more ›

Arson pros are calling this a "suspicious" blaze: A fire broke out at a Long Beach residence shortly after three men were arrested there on drug charges. Inside the house, officers serving a search warrant found drugs of all kinds, as well as a menagerie of exotic pets. more ›

An elderly woman was rescued from her Malibu home after the building was engulfed in flames by a fire whose origins are unknown, reports City News Service. The 89-year-old woman reportedly called 911 once she realized that her house was ablaze, but was cut off in the middle of the call. more ›

A fire ripped through a historic Hollywood recording studio overnight, and investigators are looking into the cause of the damaging blaze. The fire at 1041 Productions located at 1041 N. Orange Drive was first reported around 7 p.m. Monday night, and took firefighters 20 minutes to extinguish. more ›

Firefighters tackling a blaze in a South Los Angeles home last night discovered a woman inside the residence unconscious in the bathtub who had apparently passed out after helping her teenage son escape. more ›

At least three people were shot at a burning home in East Hollywood today. Firefighters were dispatched to the burning home at 517 Harvard Blvd. just before 1pm this afternoon. more ›

When a blaze broke out in a Hollywood Hills home late on the night of February 16, 2011, among the LAFD firefighters responding to the scene was Glenn Allen. When the luxury home's water-logged ceiling collapsed, Allen was critically injured, and he died two days later. Now the architect who designed the home is facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in Allen's death. more ›

A fire in a South L.A. furniture store destroyed nearly 70 percent of the business' inventory, reports NBC Los Angeles. The store, C and L Furniture, is located at 6245 S. Manhattan Place. more ›

A woman was found with serious burns in North Hollywood after her house, which firefighters found to be stuffed with old newspapers and magazines, caught fire. KTLA reports that by the time rescue workers arrived at the scene at about 7:45 this morning, the woman was standing outside her house on the 12400 block of Burton Street., having been badly injured by the blaze. more ›

A family in Sherman Oaks lost their home last night, while they were gathered to celebrate orthodox Christmas. more ›

Suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart is reportedly under investigation in Vancouver, Canada, according to the L.A. Times. Burkhart, 24, lived in Vancouver prior to living in Los Angeles, and drives a van with British Columbia plates. more ›

On the heels of the recent four-day rash of 53 arson fires in Hollywood, West Hollywood, North Hollywood, Burbank and Sunland, councilmembers are calling on the Department of Building and Safety to expedite building permit reviews for victims. more ›

Harry Burkhart, the suspected arsonist behind 53 car fires set over a four-day period last week in Los Angeles, is likely to be arraigned today, and prosecutors will reveal this morning just what and how many charges he will face. more ›

A string of fires that broke out overnight, mostly cars parked in carports in Hollywood and West Hollywood, had the Los Angeles Police Department on tactical alert as emergency personnel worked to put out the suspicious blazes. Officials believe it is the work of an arsonist. more ›

Yes, it's that time of year again. Second only in holiday-themed horror to safety footage of Halloween costumes bursting into flames comes the perils of dangerous merry-making, like menorah candles next to the curtains and a Christmas tree that never gets watered. more ›

Firefighters who went to put out a blaze in Rowland Heights at 11:00 p.m. yesterday found themselves, once the smoke settled, in the midst of a huge pot-growing operation. KTLA reports that the two-story home was believed to be vacant, but in fact the clever pot-growers had boarded up the windows so neighbors couldn't see in, and had rewired the house to bypass the electrical meter. more ›

An 81-year-old woman died from burns suffered during a fire in a South L.A. home. Authorities have deemed the single-story house fire, which occurred on Tuesday, "unintentional." The woman was trapped among "packrat storage of personal belongings," according to a LAFD release. more ›

A 42-year-old man set himself ablaze on Tuesday night in the Glassell Park neighborhood and remains in critical condition at a local hospital. Investigators do not believe that the unidentified man has ties to the incident location. His motive remains unclear. more ›

About 90 people were displaced after a townhouse under construction caught on fire in Brentwood early this morning, reports KTLA. The fire started at about 3:30 a.m. in the12300 block of W. Gorham Avenue. Firefighters got the blaze under control within about an hour and a half, but the building was declared a knock down. more ›

Magic Castle plans to reopen on Friday following yesterday's fire. Due to the blaze, the venue's highly anticipated Halloween event was cancelled. No one was injured in the fire, which broke out in an attic space around lunchtime on Monday. more ›

Following a fire this afternoon, Magic Castle will be closed for Halloween, reports L.A. Now. The fire broke out around lunchtime, and was quickly attended to by about 120 firefighters. It was doused by 1:34 p.m., but apparently had done enough damage to warrant the shuttering of tonight's festivities. more ›

UPDATE: 1:43 PM The LAFD report that the "stubborn" fire has been put out. No injuries were reported. The Los Angeles Fire Department is on the scene at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood, where a fire broke out in an attic space. more ›