Herman and Juanita Landry were in their home in Altadena, CA, after returning from celebrating their 62nd wedding anniversary last week, when the ferocious Eaton fire raced down from the surrounding hills, annihilating everything in its path.
Two people were arrested for arson in separate incidents just outside the fire zone on Wednesday, according to the LAPD. In one incident, a citizen extinguished a fire in a tree and detained an arson suspect, police said. That suspect admitted to starting the fire because he "liked the smell of burning leaves," police said.
The National Weather Service issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation warning Monday, says winds could reach up to 100 mph.
All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.
A second day of windy and dry conditions is in store for Southern California. Winds have picked up and are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking.
He was at his apartment on Boston Street in Altadena speaking on the phone with ... were still missing instead of seven. Initially, the LAPD said 38 people were reported missing in that blaze ...
Two people were arrested for arson in separate incidents just outside the fire zone on Wednesday, according to the LAPD. In one incident, a citizen extinguished a fire in a tree and detained an arson suspect, police said. That suspect admitted to starting the fire because he "liked the smell of burning leaves," police said.
Altadena has not yet experienced issues like these, but that might not last. California prohibits insurance companies from dropping customers in fire-struck areas for at least a year, but customers might be issued non-renewals as soon as that moratorium ...
Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance. Birds are returning to areas of Altadena on Sunday ... turned the man over to LAPD officers. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell ...
Windy and dry conditions have returned to Southern California, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking as firefighters continue to battle two major blazes in the Los Angeles area that started in similar weather nearly two weeks ago.
Altadena resident and filmmaker Pablo Miralles had been scheduled to debut a 20-minute documentary on Owen Brown. Miralles' house burned.
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities