The New York Times4d
Evacuation Orders Given Late to Area Where Fire Deaths Were Concentrated
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.
Los Angeles Times3d
Late evacuation orders in Altadena raise haunting question: Could more lives have been spared?
Their neighborhood just west of North Lake Avenue had yet to receive any evacuation alerts, Chapman said, so his parents felt safe at home and waited for officials to determine whether they might ...
USA Today2d
Where are mandatory evacuation orders for California wildfires? See maps
"Any new fire can grow rapidly." There are no evacuation orders in place now for the Eaton and Sepulveda Fires in LA County, the Clay Fire in Riverside County or the Laguna Fire in Ventura County.
Los Angeles Times5d
Western Altadena got evacuation order many hours after Eaton fire exploded. 17 people died there
Residents said they were stunned how long it took to get the evacuation order, and by then many homes in the area were on fire. Of the 17 deaths confirmed so far in the fire, all of them occurred ...
USA Today5d
Where are mandatory evacuations for California wildfires? See Lilac, Palisades, Eaton fires
Evacuation orders are in effect near San Diego as at least three fires broke out in northern San Diego County overnight, including the Lilac and Pala fires, which grew to 50 and 30 acres ...
WISN 12 NEWS4d
LA fires: Delayed wildfire evacuation notices prompt call for independent investigation into emergency alert system
The delay in evacuation orders has raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of the county's emergency response system.County Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Lindsey Horvath introduced a ...
CNN3d
In western Altadena, where 17 wildfire deaths were reported, residents say evacuation alerts came late or not at all
“None of us got a red (mandatory evacuation) alert before we felt ready to leave our houses,” he told CNN Wednesday. “You know, we felt heat and fire and that trumps any alert. So a lot of ...
AOL3d
Where are mandatory evacuation orders for California wildfires? See maps
"Any new fire can grow rapidly." There are no evacuation orders in place now for the Eaton and Sepulveda Fires in LA County or the Clay Fire in Riverside County. Although the Sepulveda Fire ...
CNN4d
New fire erupts in Southern California as thousands remain under evacuation from fast-moving Hughes Fire
An evacuation warning for the brush fire was issued for some residents in Sherman Oaks around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday — the warning has since been lifted, but smoke could be seen in the area near ...
NBC News2d
Thousands told to evacuate after two new blazes start in Los Angeles County
Evacuation orders and warnings were issued to more than 31,000 people in the vicinity of two new wildfires north of Los Angeles on Wednesday. The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los ...
NBC News3d
All 17 deaths in Eaton Fire were in a zone where evacuation orders took hours to arrive
Within 40 minutes, a dire alert: “LEAVE NOW.” But neighborhoods in western Altadena did not see the same urgency, as evacuation orders didn’t arrive until early the following morning ...
Fox News9d
Newsom calls for looting to be a felony in evacuation zones amid LA inferno
FIRST ON FOX: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling for looting in fire evacuation zones to be a felony after prosecutors in Southern California urged him this week to issue harsher penalties ...