The Fire Before the Fire
Altadena residents pleaded with SoCal Edison to cut off the power. They didn't. Then the Eaton Fire started.
We still don’t know what started the fires in the Pacific Palisades. Theories abound. One speculates that an inadequately extinguished brush fire ignited by New Years fireworks smoldered underground for a week before reigniting. Another blames (without evidence) a glamping entrepreneur and his trail-running friends who …
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