The smell of smoke briefly overwhelmed the scent of Carlene Sutherland’s cherry pie and Sharon Tanner’s vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup. But the two were too busy discussing their Pasadena assisted living facility’s laundry schedule to pay attention.
Plus, living in wildfire-prone California , the smoke could have come from anywhere.
But just up the canyon the night of Jan. 7, the Eaton Fire had ignited…