Eaton Fire

[Sean]

This horrible, wind-driven fire is burning homes in Altadena and creeping up Eaton Canyon toward Mt. Wilson. Agenda-Free TV on YouTube is doing a decent job of monitoring emergency radio traffic and finding independent reporters like FirePhotoGirl, who drove into the storm of embers and burning buildings. You'll have to scroll through the timeline. It's still a live video and I don't have a timecode yet.

Update: timecodes
7:19:10 start of Eaton coverage
8:25:30 start of FirePhotoGirl coverage
9:18:10 burning house
9:35:15 firefighters, burning house

https://www.youtube.com/live/DwMAbDmR8Q ... JnrP2_aXEB

View from Mt. Wilson.

[Sean]

NBCLA tower view looking down Eaton Canyon:

They just panned the camera to look toward Mt. Harvard. The fire is spreading into Santa Anita Canyons.

YouTube channel live feed:

https://www.youtube.com/live/30SymDISGC ... A8kP1iwxNe

Ash is now falling on Arcadia.

[JeffH]

I'm looking at other cameras too.... Definitely gonna affect hiking in the area.

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia1

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... s-Arcadia2

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonEast

https://cameras.alertcalifornia.org/?po ... WilsonWest

[HikeUp]

We evacuated last night from Upper Hastings Ranch (NE Pasadena). Back at house now. Can still see fire to the east. This neighborhood lost a few houses reportedly.

[Sean]

The Eaton Canyon Nature Center burned.

[HikeUp]

Yikes. I was here the last time the EC Nature Center burned down too - 1993.

[dima]

Found post-event (Jan 10) imagery from Altadena and some of the mountains: https://soar.earth/maps/2025-los-angele ... 41%2C18.35 Altadena looks devastated. Mountains are mixed. South-facing canyon slopes are cooked. North-facing ones look untouched. Looking for imagery from further North...

[Gene]

Door camera and cellphone video:

https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624

[Matthew]

use https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser
make an account and you can see the new sentinal imagery!

[dima]

The new imagery is available from Matthew's link or paid caltopo ("Sentinel Weekly"). Or just click here. Conclusions as before: most places toasted. Bottoms of canyons and north-facing slopes did much better.

[Sean]

LA County has a new field survey map. They are currently documenting the fire damage to each house, including pictures. The survey is incomplete, but this is an example of one area between Fair Oaks and Lake, and into Mount Curve.

William Davies Memorial Building at Farnsworth Park.

[dima]

Here's another high-res MAXAR image. From the morning of the 10th. Shows the areas further north. Some stuff was still burning at the time, so not complete, but should be close.

[Girl Hiker]

[Nate U]

Hard to see. Was just up there with the family in November...

[Sean]

I know Edgar McGregor from Facebook. He's active in Eaton Canyon, does a lot of cleanup over there, and general reporting of events in the area. NPR interviewed him about the Eaton Fire. He helped warn and prepare neighbors about the threat of fire during the wind storm.

[Sean]

Door camera and cellphone video:

https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624

I figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.

[Nate U]

Hard to see. Was just up there with the family in November...

[Gene]

Door camera and cellphone video:

https://x.com/mercoglianos/status/1878472127113826624

I figured out their address but won't reveal it here. It appears their house survived based on the high-res aerial imagery.

I hope so.