(CNN) — No stranger to natural disasters, Pasadena resident Pedro Rojas keeps a safety bag in his car with essentials like a jacket, gloves and running shoes in case he needs to flee at a moment’s notice.
Rojas didn’t wait for an evacuation order. He and his family rushed out of their home Tuesday night minutes after seeing strong winds and the Eaton Fire start to ignite, and took refuge at his daughter’s home in nearby Eagle Rock. All he grabbed was a box of important documents.
“It’s terrible because we left the house with nothing,” he told CNN Thursday…