Standing near the site of a destroyed home, a group of fire-impacted Altadenans and local organizations called on state Attorney General Rob Bonta Tuesday to investigate Los Angeles County’s response to January’s Eaton Fire, including delays in evacuation orders being issued to residents in the western Altadena area.

The group, Altadena for Accountability, urged Bonta to “compel testimony, examine withheld data and records and hold public agencies accountable for their failures before, during and after the fire.” The move comes in the wake of the county-commissioned “Independent After-Action Report” by the McChrystal Group that identified systemic failures in emergency notification and evacuation order procedures during the January fires.

“It shouldn’t be controversial to insist that we

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