An animal shelter in Pasadena has taken in over 300 animals as wildfires raging across the Los Angeles area put roughly 179,000 people under evacuation orders, according to officials.
The first fires broke out Tuesday, killing at least five people, and causing massive destruction with homes leveled — officials said more than thousands of structures have burned with tens of thousands more threatened. Blazes continued to burn largely uncontained two days later, with firefighting resources stretched thin.
Evacuated residents from the Eaton Fire, carry a kennel with a dog as they seek shelter for it, at the Pasadena Humane Society in Pasadena, California, U.S. January 8, 2025. Zaydee Sanchez / REUTERS
