LA fires as it happened: Palisades, Eaton fires still uncontained; death toll rises as more wild weather forecast
Several victims of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires have been identified, as the death toll from the out-of-control blazes is expected to rise.
Victor Shaw, 66, died holding his hose and trying to defend his home from the Eaton fire, Nine News reported.
Victor Shaw, 66, was reportedly killed in the Eaton fire, which tore through Altadena.Credit: Nine News
Shaw’s sister, Shari Shaw, told Nine News she had warned her brother they had to flee as the flames approached.
“I didn’t hear him say anything. I heard him say nothing,” she said.
Shaw had lived on the same Altadena street since childhood, The New York Times reported.
“The house had a whole lot of significance for him. His parents had always had it,” a neighbour of Shaw told The New York Times.
Rodney Nickerson, 82, and retired pharmacy technician Erliene Kelley were also killed in the wildfires, according to The New York Times.
The death toll, which has reached 10, is expected to rise in the coming days.
