When the Eaton Fire erupted, the Mountain View Cemetery and Mortuary in Altadena faced a rare struggle: racing to save thousands of loved ones who already passed. Heroic efforts saved the historic cemetery from the flames.
Josh HaskellMountain View Cemetery and Mortuary in Altadena was not burned in the Eaton Fire. Heroic efforts saved the historic cemetery from the flames.burn zone in Altadena isn't a park or private residence. It's Mountain View Cemetery and Mortuary, and everyone associated with the property, the living and the dead, survived the fire.
The cemetery was founded in 1882 by Brown's great-great-great-grandfather and has more than 142,000 internments. Brown lives on site and says the cemetery means everything to him. As flames approached the preparation room at Mountain View Mortuary, one of the first things that staff did was move all the boxes of formaldehyde, a flammable chemical used in the embalming process, to a safe location. If the 60 boxes had caught fire, there could have been a massive explosion.
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