Eaton Fire evacuees return to scenes of devastation in Altadena as Southern California wildfires continue to rage.

Large burning embers are seen flying through the air during the Eaton fire in Altadena Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025. Hundreds of homes have burned in the northern and eastern areas of Altadena which sits next to the San Gabriel Mountains north of Pasadena. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

Destroyed homes and smoldering rubble could be seen in Altadena, California, on Wednesday, January 8, after the Eaton Fire tore through the area.Video posted by Eric’s Clocks and Watches Pasadena shows the “absolute destruction” in residential areas of Altadena.

Kimiko Nickerson said her father Rodney insisted on staying in their family home that he purchased in 1968 for $5.

The Cassou family in Altadena narrowly escaped the Eaton Fire before their home was destroyed, carrying their wheelchair-bound grandmother out of the home.

A house in Altadena that was featured in Max's Hacks is among the properties destroyed in the Eaton Fire. The 1915 Spanish Colonial revival mansion, on East Palm Street in Altadena, burned down in the fire,

House fire in Fallbrook, public safety power shutoffs resume in San Diego County Ashley Sharp was in an Altadena neighborhood that was devastated by the Eaton Fire. Firefighters say they stopped the progress of the Kenneth fire as Los Angeles struggles with five blazes burning into a third night.