PASADENA (CNS) – The evacuation shelter established at Pasadena
Convention Center following the Eaton Fire will close Saturday, with evacuees
moved to a new location, officials said today.
“They will continue providing shelter and support until every
household has a plan in place for what comes next,” according to a statement
from the city of Pasadena. “While February 8th was set as the goal for
transitioning the shelter at the Convention Center, we want to make it clear
that no one will be left behind or shut out.”
The Red Cross was scouting a new location in Altadena to move close to
300 current residents of the center.
“We are just moving the center to a better location,” Angel Sauceda,
regional communications director for the American Red Cross, told Pasadena
Now. “Most of them are Altadena residents, so we’re trying to move them
somewhere where they’re closer to home so they can get back to a little more
normalcy before we fully close our shelters.”
The evacuation center was established soon after the fire broke out
Jan. 7, and on Jan. 11, the American Red Cross was entrusted with its
management.
The Eaton Fire destroyed over 9,400 structures and resulted in at
least 17 deaths.
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