A family is devastated after the Eaton Fire destroyed their grandmother's Altadena home, leaving them unsure if she survived. Dalyce Curry, known as 'Momma D', was an active 95-year-old former actress who had spent the day in the hospital before the fire. Her granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, rushed to her grandmother's home after learning about the power outage but found it completely destroyed. Despite their hope, the family is losing hope of finding her alive.
A family is reeling with the uncertainty of whether their 95-year-old grandmother is dead after the Eaton Fire tore through her Altadena home.Eaton FireDalyce Kelley had dropped off her grandmother, Dalyce Curry, at home around midnight. Curry, known as "Momma D," was exhausted after spending a full day in the hospital.
Kelley, who is her grandmother's part-time caregiver, had to take care of other family members and left for the evening. Kelley, like thousands of others, didn't think the fire - which had sparked just hours earlier, would turn into the monster it would become.Dalyce woke up to a text alert that power had gone out at her grandmother's house and she rushed to the smoke-filled Altadena area first thing to check on Momma D.
"I'm sorry your grandmother's property is gone. It totally burned down," an officer said when she reached a barricade. He suggested Kelley check the Pasadena Civic Center where displaced residents were being sent.By Friday, Kelley was escorted by a member of the national guard to her home.Mamma D was part of Old Black Hollywood in the 1950s, acting for decades.
EATON FIRE ALTA DENA GRANDMOTHER MISSING ACTRESS
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