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Officials considered warning Altadena before Eaton fire, but no alert was sent

An emergency staffer urged a prefire alert nearly two hours before the Eaton fire, but officials delayed due to concerns about confusion; 18 of 19 deaths occurred in west Altadena.

Just before the Eaton fire broke out, an L.A. County official urged his team to issue a cellphone alert about increasingly dangerous winds to no avail.

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Los Angeles Times broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
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