When fires swept through Altadena, in Los Angeles County, generational wealth and a place of opportunity for people of color, went up in smoke.
A mom and daughter, a cat-loving stage prop designer and a “Forest”-dwelling contractor are among the few who’ve gotten back to see what’s left of their homes. Each fled in a chaotic scramble last week as the winds and embers picked up.
The Eaton Fire, inland of the more well-known and much wealthier Palisades area, has consumed nearly 15,000 acres and most of Altadena.
As embers began raining down on Altadena last week, Jason Salit sent his wife and two college-age children away.
An Altadena family escaped the flames of Los Angeles County's Eaton Fire in the wee hours of Wednesday and returned Thursday to find their home destroyed.
Most residents of middle-class Altadena could get fire insurance, but that is likely to change as residents rebuild and face price hikes.
Family members have begun to identify the residents who were killed in the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area.
Altadena resident Justin Christie spoke with Fox News about surviving the Eaton Fire, which is still only 15% contained.
An Altadena homeowner returned to his neighborhood to find that his house was the only one on his block that was not destroyed by the Eaton Fire.
A doorstep video released by The Associated Press and others shows a fire at the base of a hilltop electrical pylon in Altadena, California—what residents say was the origin of the Eaton fire. Within minutes, high winds had carried the fire across the neighborhood and the sky was soon lit red with intense burning.
The Eaton Fire, one of two major wildfires burning in the Southern California region, is now the second-most destructive wildfire on record in California, according to Cal Fire. The fire, which started the night of Jan.
Despite it all, Tristin Perez never left his Altadena home during the deadly Eaton fire. A police officer told him and his neighbors to evacuate early on Wednesday morning as the fire raced down the hillside above them.