Radio reports reveal the scramble to contain the Eaton fire as it exploded from a 10-acre brush fire to a devastating 14,000-acre blaze that destroyed thousands of homes.
A helicopter flies over SierraMadre, California — a town neighboring Altadena — on Jan. 9. Houses shake when helicopters carrying water to fires in the foothills fly low overhead.
The two largest Southern California ... has decimated Altadena neighborhoods and spread to communities along the Angeles National Forest line, including Pasadena and SierraMadre.