A homeowner in one of the sections hit hardest by the wildfires rampaging through Los Angeles since Tuesday is refusing to leave her residence — violating a mandatory evacuation order issued by authorities — because, while her house is still standing, she’s afraid of losing everything inside of it to looters.
The Eaton fire has burned through some 14,000 acres of the area, sparing her home, which she chalked up to “an act of God.” But although she is feeling emotionally drained and more than a little overwhelmed, the veteran ER nurse counts herself among the lucky ones.
