La County Fire Leader Anthony Maron got up on January 7 at his San Fernando Valley home to a swimming pool filled with leaves and roof pebbles.
Murron's chief deputy, John O Bryan told his employer that he felt that his Sierra Medre's house was “throwing out of the foundation”.
At 6:30 am, both of them discussed the “pants seat” invitation, consulting a popular forecast use of a popular forecast use among the surfers and sailors.
None of the 900 firefighters on duty will go home. At 8 am, the next change will join them.
A few hours later, when a fire broke out in the Pacific policies, about 1,800 firefighters were available – it doubled the human resources of the city fire department, which decided not to keep firefighters for the second change that morning.
“I think we've seen the danger differently,” said Murron La City in an interview about firefighters.
Maronon's firefighters poured the Pacific policies that morning, it would help the city to help Flat-leg caught After working amid the forecasts of a landscape and life -threatening air. In the afternoon, some district firefighters went to neighboring Malibu and unified areas.
“That morning we doubled our employees and we worked for every available equipment,” said Maron.
It is not clear how many district firefighters were close to fighting the flames when Eaton Infurno started in the Altadeena area, 40 miles later, 40 miles later. Many residents living in West Altadeena say they saw their homes burning without fire trucks.
The firefighters who had already fought the policies fire were staying there, and raised questions about how much Altadeena suffered from the misfortune of the second disaster that was out of the day.
Fred -Fielding spokesman at the department said that firefighters would release the employees from the wildfire only when the threat was reduced.
“Anyone who shows there is going to stay there,” he said about the Polystes fire. “They were working straight for 36 hours.”
Three weeks later, Murron said he did not know how many firefighters and engines were placed on each fire on January 7. He said his company was planning to break the staff of the day.
“The second fire is always a hard fire for the employees – then when the third fire goes on, Oh, forget it,” he said. “But we always keep people in existence. We will never say 'Oh, the whole district is poured fireplace' because we should always be ready for the second fire. '
On January 7, at 7:20 am, the 800 la County firefighters told them to stay at a 24-hour shift-40 minutes ago. 800 firefighters will soon join them.
The integrated force will hire employees as their usual engines and patrols and 42 “reserve machines”, usually used when the pre -row engines are out of service.
Others Akora Hills, La Kasada Flindridge and Standing Man County Strike Teams in Pakoima. Two additional strike groups were in Santa Clarita, and Sunday, County Firefighters from the State demanded that the air predictions grew so badly.
At 10:30 am, fire in the Pacific Polystes Near the popular walk Path.
La Fire Leader Christin Grooli said, “He contacted us. 'Hey, I need help. I had a bad fire, '' Murron recalled.
Three county strike teams, each with five engines, grew towards the beach. Merron said the County sent the “first alarm brush response” to the policies. At 6:09 pm, three additional strike groups responded to the policy fire as they moved towards Topanga Canyon, according to the County Fire Department.
Despite their efforts, the fire reduced an extinct space, Murder 12. According to the Times, nearly 1,200 structures in the county areas were destroyed over 4,500 structures in the county areas, including the Pacific Polystes and Brendwood. City areas have a very dense population and the footprint of the fire is 60%.
Murron boasted “employees and our employees” that the damage caused by the county areas.
Radio transmissions at 6:18 pm, County Firefighters arrived quickly, but show that soon.
Altadeena, who is the uninhabited part of the County, has been a successful success. Most of the community was destroyed and 9,400 structures were lost. 17 of the dead were obtained exit orders After a few hours after the fire started.
Some have insisted that there were not enough firefighters in the area that night. In social media and interviews, residents of West Altadeena have expressed their anger when sharing stories from hell evening, some claiming that the area was deliberately forgotten, others lament that it appeared.
“Why did anyone help us?” John Carmodi, a Member of the Altadeena Town Council Representing a portion of the Westside, many residents say they have seen their homes burning without fire extinguishers in view of their homes.
Historically black area, where Many have settled Carmoti said, “The resurrection of Lake Avenue east,” he said, “of course, felt less valuable and noticed in many ways.” “The fire made it very clear.”
Others said the flames had grown so fast, and that no firefighters could have handled it deeply in the neighboring countries, with powerful gases in the night -time fire. Firefighters Said Even with more resources, it is impossible to fight for the air and dry landscape, if it is fast -moving and irregular.
“I don't know if firefighters can do anything, because the fire is huge,” said Salomon Hurda, a 59 -year -old resident Salomon Hurda.
Merron said the Eaton was on fire after the brass exploded on the La County Fire. After a brief trapped on the Ember -filled Pacific Beach Highway due to a flat tire from the falling application pole, he went from the policy fire to Eaton Canyon at 6:45 pm.
At the time, Maron said that the state emergency service office was asked for 50 strike groups that could be distributed around La County.
“I thought myself. If I had more ordered, I would look stupid, right? '
“No one wants to be a wolf crying guy,” he said. “But it doesn't work like that.”
At the time of Eaton's fire, new county strike teams were formed at NASA's next La Kasada Flendridge Jet . The new teams were sent to Eaton at 6:35 pm and 6:36 pm, the County Fire Department said.
Merron said that a group of 11 and 12 county fire stations in Altadeena were also nearby.
Basadena City firefighters arrived at 6:27 pm, within 10 minutes of the first announced. A few minutes later, firefighters from the station 66 at the base of the Eaton Canyon, which was the closest county fire station.
At 7:06 pm, firefighters were asked for insulation as the flames were occupied at the station 66. A minute later, another firefighter invited 20 firefighters and 10 strike teams.
“If you can roll the resources here, I need it now,” he said.
At 10:35 pm, the Eaton incident command confirmed that ten strike teams were set on fire, according to County's timeline.
It is too late – the outrageous wind scattered the embles. Firefighters shifted to the Eaton Fire from the policade fire were quickly the foundation.
“I always ask that question: why don't you get out of the fire,” said Marron. “You add a fire in a hurricane's air. You can't put the fire out. ”
Times staff writers Summer Lynn and Sean Green contributed to the report.