As the Eaton fire spread, many areas were notified of evacuation warnings and orders well in advance. In the heart of Altadena, where all 17 reported deaths occurred, evacuation orders came hours after fire did.
A member of the Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team was helping with evacuations when the Eaton Fire destroyed his Altadena home.
Firefighters continue working to contain the Eaton Fire that has burned Altadena and northern Pasadena. Here’s how the blaze grew, hour by hour.
Damage caused by Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire in Altadena were captured by photojournalists as L.A. officials map the extent of the blazes.
Satellite images showed the dramatic difference in the Altadena area in just a matter of days due to the deadly Eaton Fire.
LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said he expects the death toll to climb based on the devastating damage he’s observed, saying in some areas, "it looks like a bomb went off."
An emergency room nurse from Sierra Madre ran towards the Eaton fire to save her elderly parents' home in Hastings Ranch from going up in flames after their insurance company dropped their fire insurance, she told Los Angeles' KABC-TV in a video shared on YouTube on Wednesday.
Two fire trucks were parked at the trailhead – one from Morongo Valley, a small town in Southern California's high desert – though I didn’t see the firemen. As I write this, the Eaton Fire,
As it stands, the two largest blazes have left burn scars in the Palisades, Malibu, Pasadena, Altadena and Sierra Madre. Newsom’s order ... effect through Wednesday for large areas of Southern California. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News ...
Schools were closed based on a number of factors, including poor air quality, staffing challenges, and power outages.
A helicopter flies over Sierra Madre, California — a town neighboring Altadena — on Jan. 9. Houses shake when helicopters carrying water to fires in the foothills fly low overhead.
Wednesday, 12:25 p.m. PST The Hughes Fire grew to 3,407 acres, according to Cal Fire, with evacuation orders extending to the community of Castaic and evacuation warnings stretching to the northernmost parts of Santa Clarita, which had an estimated population of 224,028 in 2023.