Hosted on MSN17d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
Branden Silverman said responding to a fire and determining evacuation needs can take some time ... which killed 22 people in Santa Rosa; the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in Paradise; the ...
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 wildfires. Some were sent to too many people, some to too few.
Hosted on MSN1mon
Camp Fire survivors offer advice to Southern California fire victims
The Camp Fire, which started because of a downed PG ... During this rebuild, leaders have improved evacuation procedures and set prospects for building fire-wise communities.
Los Angeles Times14d
As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
As flames exploded from the parched hillsides of Eaton Canyon on Jan. 7, fire agencies faced a crisis far beyond their worst reckoning. In just a few hours, hurricane-force winds would stoke three ...
USA Today25d
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 ...
Newsday17d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
Branden Silverman said responding to a fire and determining evacuation needs can take some ... which killed 22 people in Santa Rosa; the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people in Paradise; the ...
The Washington Post17d
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
Sometimes, the chain breaks. After the wind-driven wildfires broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7, evacuation orders for some neighborhoods — including the part of Altadena where the ...