A destructive, fast-moving brush fire that broke out above Altadena Tuesday evening, Jan. 7, doubled in size overnight as evacuation orders were added to include all of La Canada Flintridge.
Regional resources were already stretched thin with the raging Palisades fire in Pacific Palisades at the time the Eaton fire started.
Nurses, firefighters, paramedics and others hustled away hundreds of patients from nursing homes near the fire. At least one was driven away in a SWAT vehicle while city buses arrived to move others to safety.
All Pasadena Unified School District and Arcadia Unified School District schools will be closed on Wednesday because of extreme winds and potential fire hazards, both districts said.
Citrus College officials said the Glendora campus will be closed on Wednesday and all classes were canceled out of an abundance of caution due to surrounding wind and fire conditions as well as power-service interruptions.
Evacuation shelters were set up at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E. Green St.; at the Westwood Recreation Center, 1350 S. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles; and at El Camino Real Charter High School, 5440 Valley Circle Blvd. in Woodland Hills.
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