L.A. area faces unprecedented 5th ‘particularly dangerous’ fire warning with winds coming
The new alert is an unprecedented fifth issuance of a “particularly dangerous situation” enhancement to a red flag warning in ...
ABC710d
New round of evacuation orders lifted as LA mayor names chief recovery officer
16 deaths are related to the Eaton Fire ... Officials say fire-related contaminants may have entered the water system. The city says to use bottled water for all of your needs until further ...
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Altadena Fire Map: See Eaton Fire Perimeter, Evacuation Areas Thursday
ALTADENA, CA — A fast-moving brush fire in the Eaton Canyon area exploded in size ... "Instead, early this morning we got a notification from our alarm system that a smoke detector detected ...
L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...
Los Angeles Times14d
A week after the L.A. firestorms began, the threat continues as the unprecedented losses sink in
An army of firefighters spent Tuesday putting out small fires before they got out of control, and continued building containment lines on the Palisades and Eaton ... alarm bell for the most ...
Government Technology4d
Why the Evacuation Alert System Struggled During the L.A. Fires
Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after ...
The New York Times21d
Officials Warn of ‘Devastating Loss’ as Southern California Wildfires Burn Out of Control
Another blaze in the region, near Pasadena in Eaton ... Fire Department show huge, fast-moving plumes of smoke and embers flying through the air. #mainincident; #VCFD is on scene of a 2nd Alarm ...
NBC News19d
California wildfires: 179,000 under evacuation orders; L.A. County sheriff says some areas look ‘like a bomb was dropped’
Officials said earlier today that two people had died in the Palisades Fire and four in the Eaton Fire ... city and region who received a loud phone alarm and warning to evacuate by mistake ...