A commercial building fire at 14707 W. Keswick St. in Van Nuys was knocked down by 37 firefighters in 40 minutes, with no injuries reported.
The LAFD posted a knockdown alert Saturday night.
The alert was timestamped 10:34 PM Saturday, Oct. 3. Crews moved in with hose lines in an offensive attack to extinguish the fire, a strategy that puts firefighters directly inside or adjacent to the burning structure to knock down flames quickly rather than fighting defensively from the outside. The incident was logged as INC#1686, and the response pulled in 18 separate fire units — including engine, truck, rescue ambulance, and battalion command resources identified as AR1, BC10, BC712, E239, E289, E298, E39, E7, E81, E89, EM15, RA39, RA73, RA93, RA98, T39, T89, and T98.
Local Fire Station, Regional Command Structure
The response fell under LAFD Fire Station 81, located at 14355 Arminta Street in Panorama City, which serves as the primary responding station for this stretch of the San Fernando Valley, according to the LAFD Foundation. The station relocated to its current Arminta Street facility in 2007 to improve emergency coverage across Panorama City and eastern Van Nuys…