LOS ANGELES—Residents eager to return home and survey vast damage wrought by the Eaton Canyon Fire in Northeast Los Angeles County will have to wait, officials said at a community meeting on Jan. 10, offering a mixed outlook on the coming week as first responders grapple with a fire that has exploded in size and remains only 3 percent contained.
The fire has torn through more than 14,000 acres, prompting an evacuation of more than 50,000 residents, killing six people and damaging thousands of structures, while leaving many more without power or potable water.
Many residents don’t know if their homes are still standing….