A firefighter turns away from windblown smoke from the Eaton fire in Altadena. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) When the Eaton fire broke out in the foothills near Altadena, the Los Angeles County ...
(TNS) — When the Eaton fire broke out in the foothills near Altadena, the Los Angeles County Fire Department did not have access to a satellite-based fire-tracking program regularly used by other ...
Poor communication, understaffing, a lack of adequate planning and chaotic conditions contributed to a failure to issue timely evacuation orders to parts of Altadena as the deadly Eaton fire raced ...
The Eaton fire was cutting a destructive path into Altadena and parts of northern Pasadena just before midnight Jan. 8 when some fire officials urged more widespread evacuations. With home after home ...