California wildlife workers found a 525-pound adult male bear in the crawl space of an Altadena home evacuated during the recent Eaton Fire, the department reported on Jan. 29.
The homeowners and their neighbors were evacuated shortly after the destructive and deadly wildfire burned through the city starting on Jan. 7.
When the homeowners returned to the house, the utility company informed them they were unable to restore power because a bear was living under the home where crews needed to work, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a social media post on Wednesday.
According to the department, environmental scientist Kevin Howells spent nearly 24 hours leading a team of eight CDFW employees to remove the animal….