When the Eaton Fire flared up Jan. 9, flames climbed to the summit of Mount Wilson northeast of LA. What happened next was a fire prevention success.

The Eaton Fire that started in the foothills northeast of Los Angeles flared up Thursday morning near Mount Wilson.

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Don Fregulia, an operations section chief for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which has joined in the Eaton fire response, said that efforts to protect Mt. Wilson had ...

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Mt. Wilson also has transmitting towers for numerous ... We stood on the sidewalk and watched a group of firemen from California’s Central Valley huddled beside their two trucks.

The photo shows how the Eaton Fire came within mere feet from the lifesaving communications equipment at Mount Wilson.