A raging wildfire fueled by strong winds forced the evacuation of about 100 elderly residents from a Pasadena senior center. The dramatic scenes show residents being escorted to safety in a 7-Eleven parking lot as flames approach the facility.
Firefighters and police urgently rescued elderly residents from a Pasadena senior center Tuesday night as flames from a raging Angeles National Forest fire crept dangerously close. The dramatic evacuation of about 100 residents -- many in wheelchairs -- unfolded in a 7-Eleven parking lot across from The Terraces at Park Marino, with embers and ash swirling in the chaos of a nearby wildfire ... spurred by what meteorologists are calling one of L.A.’s worst windstorms in the last decade.
A police SWAT armored vehicle and a bus were brought in to whisk senior citizens away from the Eaton Fire -- the second major wildfire to hit L.A. County in the past 24 hours. The blaze ignited around 6 PM Tuesday and quickly swallowed more than 400 acres of brush within just two hours. Pasadena Fire Department crews said the relentless winds are making the flames behave erratically, spreading at breakneck speed -- just like the
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