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Rick McClure submitted these images from a fatal fire last week in North Hollywood.

One man died and a woman was injured, when a fast-moving fire swept through their home Wednesday evening. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) was called at 8:13 PM on October 16, 2013 to 6904 Agnes Avenue in North Hollywood. Firefighters arrived quickly to discover heavy flames throughout the front portion of an 87 year-old, one-story home, with reports of people trapped inside.

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Companies found a woman outside the home, who told them a smoke alarm sounded, and she discovered a well-involved fire the living room where her husband was last known to be.

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Forty-four firefighters under the command of Battalion Chief Mark Akahoshi extinguished the blaze within fifteen minutes. While quelling flames, firefighters discovered human remains in the living room, believed to be those of the woman’s missing 79 year-old husband.

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Dispatched Units: E89 T89 E289 RA889 RA89 E60 T60 E260 EM14 BC14 E77 E102 E239 T39 RA60 RA77 EM11 EM17 AR2 AR7 AR23 DC3

Photos by Rick McClure, EPN

Steve Redick submitted several historic images from fire scenes in Chicago representing a period from 1958 to the early 1980s. Images as noted were taken by Steve or his father Warren Redick, a retired who retired from the CFD as a battalion chief.

photos of massive historic fire in Chicago

A silhouette of a CFD engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire in September of 1958. This was a vacant building in the stockyards near 42nd Street and marshfield. Warren Redick photo

A tractor-drawn aerial prepares to go to work at a 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo

historic photo of Chicago Fire Department at work

A 5-11 Alarm fire at Lawrence and Broadway on Chicago’s north side in July of 1958 with multiple Mack engines and a tractor-drawn aerial with a wooden ladder. Warren Redick photo

Chicago Engine 110 using an L-Model Mack fire engine is working at at 5-11 Alarm fire in July of 1958. Warren Redick photo

historic fire photo of Chicago Fire Department

The old and new working side by side in this photo at a fire south of Chicago’s Loop in February of 1959 shows a water tower and the first Snorkel using elevated master streams. Warren Redick photo

Chicago Engine 103 at the 5-11 Alarm fire at the old International Harvester works at 26th and Rockwell in Chicago. Warren Redick photo

Chicago Tower Ladder 23 with an E-ONE Hurricane tower ladder setting up at harry’s Lumber, a 5-11 Alarm fire at Northwest highway and Harlem. Steve Redick photo

Chicago Engine 110 using an American LaFrance Century Series engine at a 5-11 Alarm fire at Harry’s Lumber Company on Chicago’s northwest side. Steve Redick photo

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Fatal house fire in Los Angeles – October 16, 2013

Companies found a woman outside the home, who told them a smoke alarm sounded, and she discovered a well-involved fire the living room where her husband was last known to be.

Forty-four firefighters under the command of Battalion Chief Mark Akahoshi extinguished the blaze within fifteen minutes. While quelling flames, firefighters discovered human remains in the living room, believed to be those of the woman’s missing 79 year-old husband.

Dispatched Units: E89 T89 E289 RA889 RA89 E60 T60 E260 EM14 BC14 E77 E102 E239 T39 RA60 RA77 EM11 EM17 AR2 AR7 AR23 DC3

Photos by Rick McClure, EPN

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Steve Redick submitted several historic images from fire scenes in Chicago representing a period from 1958 to the early 1980s. Images as noted were taken by Steve or his father Warren Redick, a retired who retired from the CFD as a battalion chief.

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Fatal house fire in Los Angeles – October 16, 2013

Companies found a woman outside the home, who told them a smoke alarm sounded, and she discovered a well-involved fire the living room where her husband was last known to be.

Forty-four firefighters under the command of Battalion Chief Mark Akahoshi extinguished the blaze within fifteen minutes. While quelling flames, firefighters discovered human remains in the living room, believed to be those of the woman’s missing 79 year-old husband.

Dispatched Units: E89 T89 E289 RA889 RA89 E60 T60 E260 EM14 BC14 E77 E102 E239 T39 RA60 RA77 EM11 EM17 AR2 AR7 AR23 DC3

Photos by Rick McClure, EPN

Historic scenes from Chicago

Steve Redick submitted several historic images from fire scenes in Chicago representing a period from 1958 to the early 1980s. Images as noted were taken by Steve or his father Warren Redick, a retired who retired from the CFD as a battalion chief.

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