The toll might not have been as bad if extra engines had been pre-positioned much closer to the most fire-prone areas, former fire chiefs said.

Top Los Angeles fire commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance of the fire that destroyed much ...

About 11 minutes later, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Engine 23 radioed into dispatch: “We’re on Palisades Drive. We went past Piedra Morada. We’re still heading up to where the fire ...

Here is what The Times has reported: Top Los Angeles fire commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in ...

Amid high winds, a fire was visible in the distance, the flames flickering over a chaparral-choked ridge. About 11 minutes later, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Engine 23 radioed into dispatch: ...

Here is what The Times has reported: Top Los Angeles fire commanders decided not to assign for emergency deployment roughly 1,000 available firefighters and dozens of water-carrying engines in advance ...