‘We KNOW Why!’: Damning Report Raises Questions About One Side of Los Angeles Neighborhood That Is Historically Black Receiving Evacuation Orders Nine Hours Late

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Three weeks ago, the Eaton wildfire swept through Altadena, California, claiming lives and destroying 9,418 structures and decades of generational wealth in a historically Black community. In the aftermath, grief is turning to fury as new information came to light in an investigative report by The Los Angeles Times. Records and radio logs show a dramatic difference in the timing of evacuations, with orders coming some nine hours late (or not at all) in the historically African-American areas that lie west of the main thoroughfare, North Lake Avenue.   A man climbs amid the rubble of what was once the family business, the Little Hen Coffee Shop, which burned in the Eaton Fire, in Altadena, California, on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) Information uncovered by the news outlet has many questioning the egregious lack of evacuation orders for Altadena’s western community. Of the 17 confirmed deaths reported as of January 25 in the Eaton Fire, all victims lived west of North Lake Avenue, and of those currently identified, seven were African-American. The blaze erupted at 6:18 p.m. on Jan. 7 around electrical towers located in Altadena’s 198-acre Eaton...

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