Three elderly women, including a 100-year-old lady, were left behind in their care homes amid botched evacuations as healthcare workers fled for their lives during the Eaton fires, an investigation has found.
The deadly fire on January 7 swept across Los Angeles County in Southern California and killed at least 19 people, making it the fifth deadliest wildfire in the state’s history.
The cause of the devastating inferno remains unknown, but authorities have investigated the possibility that high-tension power lines could have ignited the blaze. Santa Ana winds helped drive the flames into foothill communities, leveling 9,400 buildings and forcing many more, including care homes, to be evacuated…