After a report from The Times, officials have called for an external review into delayed evacuation alerts in western Altadena, during the Eaton fire.
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.
After surviving the fire, many California residents are facing the secondary threat of looters taking advantage of chaotic conditions and abandoned property.
Dozens of people are believed to have died in the Palisades and Eaton fires, which have burned down whole swaths of communities
Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, officials said, scorching more than 60 square miles and displacing tens of thousands of people.
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The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department launched a Looter Suppression Team for the Altadena area scorched by the Eaton fire.
A new fire broke out near Los Angeles’ Bel Air neighborhood early on Thursday as the Hughes fire which was first reported a day earlier in northern Los Angeles County grew rapidly to set ablaze more than 10,000 acres, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders and warnings to more than 50,000 people.
CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to maintain the upper hand on a huge and rapidly moving wildfire that swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles and resulted in more than 50,000 people being put under evacuation orders or warnings.
Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent review of emergency notification systems after some residents argued that earlier warnings might have saved lives.