The Eaton fire was not a typical wildfire.
Instead of burning acres of brush and trees, 9,400 homes and countless vehicles were reduced to ash, resulting in a highly toxic chemical soup, blown for miles by hurricane-force winds.
The fallout from this fire is unprecedented in California history.
Is your home within 7 miles of the Eaton Fire?
Did you lose your home to the fire?
9400 structures gone in the Eaton fire.
9400 structures gone in the Eaton fire.
Where did it all go?
Where did it all go?
While no official Ash Zone
has been established
has been established
satellite imagery provides
clues on how the ash travelled
clues on how the ash travelled
and where the plume was most dense.
EFRU found 100% of
home interiors tested
had contamination.
home interiors tested
had contamination.
CalTech found
contaminated soil 7 miles
from the burn zone.
contaminated soil 7 miles
from the burn zone.
By limiting the plume area to
7 miles from the burn zone
7 miles from the burn zone
and focusing on the
center of the plume
center of the plume
a zone of possible
contamination
can be defined.
contamination
can be defined.
Structures and lots in these
zip codes could be considered
at risk for contamination.
zip codes could be considered
at risk for contamination.