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200 JPL & Caltech community members lost their homes in Eaton Fire [1]
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Date: 2025-01-19
It is now Monday January 13th 2025 and the Eaton Fire is 14,117 acres and 27% contained. 3,155 firefighting personnel are assigned to this fire. The Eaton Fire is one of the worst natural disasters in United States history, and Southern California’s deadliest wildfire disaster. Ten miles of foothills from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Santa Anita Avenue is just destruction. Caltech students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community have been impacted by this traumatic and devastating fire. At least 200 Caltech community members have lost their homes to the fires. Thousands have been displaced. Ash contamination, poor air quality, and loss of power and water utilities remain to be additional issues we face.
A Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief fund (
https://giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-support/relief) is available to assist Caltech and JPL community members impacted by the fires. Resources are available at www.Caltech.edu/fire for safety and health, especially how to monitor air and water quality in your area, how to handle and clean up toxic ash from wildfires that have burned structures; mental health resources; emergency and recovery resources, like FEMA, 211 LA, animal shelters, temporary housing options, furnished rentals, help with insurance; returning home after wildfire checklists and fact sheets; volunteer resources; and emergency preparedness for future emergency situations.
(much more at link)
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