‘Like a warzone’: LA residents describe fleeing fireFire ripping through Los Angeles County sounded “like a warzone”, according to a resident.
People at an evacuation centre in Pasadena also described watching flames engulf their neighbourhoods as they made a swift escape from Altadena, where the Eaton fire has taken hold.
There are at least five active fires in the county and neighbouring regions.
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