The group, who have not been identified, were pictured in an evacuation zone in Pasadena as the Eaton fire ripped through people’s homes. A group of young adults were pictured smiling as they posed for selfies in front of a raging Southern California wildfire that has devastated the area.
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The group, who have not been identified, were pictured by Getty photographer David McNew on Tuesday in an evacuation zone in Pasadena as the Eaton fire ripped through people’s homes. Two people have died as a result of the Eaton fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed, which has so far spread to 10,600 acres.
![[A playground burns in a residential neighborhood during the Eaton fire in Pasadena]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/08/17/SEI235331576.jpg)
A newspaper editor shared the picture on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and commented: “More madness.”. “Wow. Gross,” someone else replied, while another branded the group as “stupid, stupid, people.”. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday morning, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department Jim McDonnell had warned residents to get out of evacuation zones, emphasizing that it could make “the difference between living and not.”.
“Take these these warnings, orders, to evacuate very seriously,” he told the press conference. “As you’ve heard over again, be ready to go, pack what you need up but then please comply with these orders.”. “We don’t give them put them out lightly,” he added. “When we believe that you’re in the path of the fire, we’re going to order that evacuation and we really, really need your compliance on that.”.
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