Black Families Displaced By California Wildfires Launch Online Fundraisers To Help Start Over

Family members help remove an elderly woman from her home as residents and firefighters try to stop flames from the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, on January 8, 2025. | Source: ROBYN BECK / Getty

Members of the Black community in Altadena are turning to social media to share the devastation caused by the raging fires that are sweeping across Los Angeles County, and many are in desperate need of help.

According to CBS, while the full extent of the damage from the Eaton Fire is still being assessed as of Jan.