AT LEAST THREE BLAZES
In the Pasadena area, the Eaton fire engulfed homes, a synagogue and a McDonald’s restaurant.
Almost 100 residents from a nursing home in Pasadena were evacuated, CBS News said. Video showed elderly residents, many in wheelchairs and on gurneys, crowded onto a smoky and windswept parking lot as fire trucks and ambulances attended to them.
Around 188,000 homes and businesses in Los Angeles County were without power on Wednesday, data from PowerOutage.us showed.
Multiple burn victims were treated after walking toward Duke’s restaurant in Malibu in the evening, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a fire official.
“We’re facing a historic natural disaster. And I think that can’t be stated strong enough,” Kevin McGowan, director of emergency management for Los Angeles County, said at the press conference.
