The Los Angeles fire flames were extinguished weeks ago, but the list of victims of one of California’s worst sinister continues to grow. The city authorities have raised the number of dead to 30 after human remains were found among the debris of Altadena, one of the two areas that were ravaged by the fires at the beginning of the year. The victim’s identity has not yet been revealed. This raises the number of, east of the city, at 18. The balance of the fire Palisades It remains in 12.
A special forensic team went on Wednesday to investigate the discovery of alleged bone remains located between the ashes at the number 900 of Boston Street, located in the heart of Altadena, which was a commercial area. In the afternoon, the six agents of the Forensic doctor’s office confirmed that it was a human victim. It is the first death confirmed to the east of Lake Avenue, the Gran Vía that started in two the community.
The Altadena area, which borders a mountain range, suffered several days of terror since January 7, when strong winds fed the flames of a fire whose origin. The fire Eaton He was active for 24 days, consuming more than 9,000 buildings and damaging another thousands in almost six hectares of destruction.
The new victim has confirmed two and a half months after the last death released by the city authorities. The Los Angeles County coroner reported at the end of January the death of Elizabeth Morga, a 79 -year -old woman who died at her home, in Pacific Palisades (west of the city). The last death identified of Eaton It was Barbara Lewis, 84, who perished in her residence in Altadena after suffocating.
The authorities have ruled out a rapid identification of the remains. “The foreign doctor’s office is based on complex scientific methods for the identification of the victim by the state in which the remains are,” he said. Forensic will review dental records in the coming weeks, perform genetic tests and analyze radiographs and medical files to obtain new clues. In the midst of the police, the complaint of 31 missing people came to have in their hands.
Slow reconstruction
Almost three months from one of the worst events of Los Angeles, the city has only issued four permits to rebuild. Karen Bass, the mayor of the city, said that the City Council is making the procedures more expeditious so that the owners who wish can begin to build once the land has been cleaned of rubble, ashes and toxic waste.
Residents affected by the two large fires have until mid -April to decide whether they opt for a brigade of military engineers to clean their land or decide to do so through private contractors paid by insurers. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently extended the deadline, which originally overcome the last day of March. A large majority chose the option provided by the federal government, although there are still thousands of owners who have not decided. The cleaning process, known as phase 2, is 10% in the more than 13,000 eligible properties, according to updated daily. This process must be completed for the City Council to grant construction permits.
