Breitbart News visited the site of the Eaton Fire in Altadena, just north of Pasadena, on Thursday and surveyed the entire area that had been reduced to ashes, many of which were built before the 1950s or just after World War II. There were historical buildings.
Early observations indicate that the most obvious difference between the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles is that the unprecedented storms caused the fires to start completely randomly in certain areas of the city.
“What's interesting about this fire compared to the Palisades is how randomly the flames fell,” I observed, standing in front of a destroyed home. “The house here is completely burnt down, but if you look next door you can see the house across the street that is intact.
“Also, further up the hill and closer to the mountain, there are some houses that are still intact because the fire brigade was there to protect the area. Basically what happened here is a fire started on the hill. “The strong winds that occurred that day carried the embers and hit random houses in the area,” I added in my visual testimony.
Further up the hill, especially in the northwest, the damage was far less random, with entire neighborhoods of several city blocks reduced to ashes. In a particular neighborhood north of Altadena Drive, we recorded nearly endless wilderness in all directions.
In another neighborhood near Altadena Drive and Lake Avenue, a historic 80-year-old community church in Altadena was seen destroyed by fire, while another church across the street seemingly survived. I did.
This contrast only emphasized the indiscriminate nature of the fire.
However, not all areas of historic value were lost, and while it appeared to be spared the fire, including California's beloved Christmas Tree Lane, some surrounding homes were not so lucky. It was.
One particularly popular neighborhood eatery, Bulgarini Gelato (also featured on Food Network), also miraculously survived despite being within meters of a nearby fire.
