A fire broke out Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena near Eaton Canyon, prompting a response from firefighters. The Eaton fire has burned 10,600 acres and prompted evacuations in the area west of the Eaton Canyon Golf Course, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

A wildfire that ignited Tuesday night in the Eaton Canyon area near Altadena is forcing evacuations as a destructive windstorm continues battering Southern California. The Eaton Fire was first reported at around 6:30 p.

The Eaton Fire continued to rage in Pasadena, east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, and officials confirmed that two civilians have died in the blaze and an undetermined number of homes had been destroyed.

An immediate evacuation has been ordered for Mount Wilson and the Observatory as the Eaton Canyon Fire advances. Mount Wilson, above Los Angeles, is home to numerous television and radio transmission towers which are utilized for stations in the greater L.

The devastating Eaton fire is now taking aim at Mt. Wilson, threatening the antenna farm and broadcasting transmitters located up there, as well as the historic Mt. Wilson observatory. Should the fire reach the top of the mountain,

A wildfire burning in the greater Los Angeles area has reached Mount Wilson, the location of dozens of transmission towers that blanket the region with radio and television signals. Flames from the Eaton Fire reached the top of Mount Wilson around 11 a.