About 850 patients and residents of nursing, assisted living and group homes were evacuated, the state Department of Public Health says.
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Dinner service at the Terraces at Park Marino in Pasadena, California, was about half over, and residents gathered in the lobby for the night’s movie feature: “Scent of a Woman.”
Sharon Tanner and Carlene Sutherland, members of the resident council at the senior living community, discussed what to do about people who leave their laundry in the washer or dryer when something caught their attention.
“I smell smoke,” Tanner said.
“So do I,” remarked Sutherland.
Within an hour, the Terraces’ staff and residents would be in a race for their lives, walking, rolling and stumbling out into a hellscape of swirling embers.
Residents and staff at Pasadena Park Healthcare & Wellness Center evacuate Jan. 7 as the Eaton Fire approaches in Altadena, Calif.
