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L.A. First Responders, Home Owners Must Fend Off Looters

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First responders in fire-ravaged Los Angeles areas have had to fend off looters as well as flames, with the number of arrests jumping to nearly 30 by Sunday. National Guard personnel, along with city and county law enforcement, have stepped up patrols in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods as firefighting continues. One suspected looter dressed like a firefighter, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said, the Wall Street Journal reports. Two people were detained at Vice President Harris' home Saturday after the Los Angeles Police Department received a call regarding a potential burglary The two were arrested for breaking curfew.


Some 25 people have been arrested around the Eaton fire area that includes Altadena and Pasadena. Some have included narcotics charges and carrying a concealed weapon. Any area under a mandatory evacuation order is off-limits to non-first responders. In other areas, a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew is in place.  There is concern about businesses and homes that kept valuables or cash in safes that might be intact among the rubble, police told residents. Homeowner Averie Maddox wasn’t worried about the threat of looting when she herded her daughter, dog and two cats into the car on Tuesday and fled the approaching fire.  “I really thought I’d come home the next day to a smoky and ashy house,” she said. Instead, her home went up in flames. Some items might have been spared, she said, but looters had already dug through the debris, her neighbors told her. “It’s like picking the pockets of the dead. Don’t you have any respect for people’s loss?” Maddox said.

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