Trial by Fire: Inside the Ravaging of Los Angeles

Then the Eaton fire started just east of LA, near Pasadena in middle-class Altadena. By the time I got there, the chaos looked like a war zone. The visibility was maybe 25 feet. There were spot fires and embers in a park, which people were trying to put out themselves. Large branches had come down everywhere. I had to push open my truck door with both arms, because there was so much wind pressure keeping it shut. There were fire engines everywhere, people walking down the street with bags,…