A firefighter was hospitalized following an explosion Monday during a brush fire at a homeless encampment in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the west San Fernando Valley. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on June 25, 2024.

An explosion at a homeless encampment at the Sepulveda Basin left at least 11 firefighters injured. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on June 24, 2024. 

The explosion occurred at a homeless encampment, with the cause of the original fire still being investigated. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024.

A firefighter was hospitalized following an explosion Monday during a brush fire at a homeless encampment in the Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area in the west San Fernando Valley.

A brush fire burns in Van Nuys. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Monday May 6, 2024. 

Police are investigating the deadly hit-and-run of a 45-year-old bicyclist in the Sepulveda Basin. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on May 3, 2024.

Concerns in an area of the Sepulveda Basin known for homeless encampments and fires have been renewed following a deadly blaze over the weekend.

One person was arrested in connection with a brush fire that left a person dead in the Sepulveda Basin. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

A body was found by firefighters in the Sepulveda Basin doing “mop up” search operations Sunday of a stubborn brush fire in Sherman Oaks that charred about twenty acres of grass and left three people injured, a fire department spokesman said Monday.

A four-acre brush fire erupted in the Sepulveda Basin Saturday and could be seen for miles. The fire was burning in the 5600 block of Woodley Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. No structures were immediately threatened and only vegetation was burning, with 63 firefighters battling the flames as of 3:50 p.m., according to the LAFD. Woodley Avenue…