Thousands of residents made harrowing escapes as devastating wildfires bore down on the Los Angeles area.
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Residents of a senior center are evacuated and loaded into a bus as the Eaton Fire approaches Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025 in Altadena, Calif. CORRECTS LOCATION TO PACIFIC PALISADES, INSTEAD OF GLENHAVEN - This image taken from video provided by Aaron Samson shows his 83-year-old father-in-law escaping the wildfires after they evacuated a vehicle near Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.
The Palisades Fire burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. – Flames and pillars of smoke rose from both sides of the road and a woman yelled in panic as firefighters ushered a crowd of fleeing residents along.
Hundreds of evacuees wound up at the Pasadena Convention Center, many of them older residents of assisted living facilities. They sat wheelchair to wheelchair or lay on green cots, and some family members tearfully reunited there Wednesday as ash rained outside. By Wednesday afternoon, Samson did not know if the home survived. But he said they were indebted to the two strangers.Another Pacific Palisades resident, Sheriece Wallace, didn't know about the fire until her sister called — just as a helicopter made a water drop over Wallace's house.
“Limbs were falling everywhere. Massive trees were on top of cars,” Aparicio said. “Seeing the embers and flames jump off the mountain, skip 30 blocks and land on a house — it’s insane.”
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