At least 16 people have died in the blaze, east of downtown Los Angeles. Officials expect the number to rise as the police make their way through devastated neighborhoods.

State officials say around 850 patients and residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and group homes were evacuated after the blazes last week.

As a menacing wildfire approached, staff and residents of a senior citizens home made a desperate escape for their lives

In a dramatic and harrowing turn of events, residents of the Terraces at Park Marino senior living facility in Pasadena, California, found themselves fleeing a relentless wildfire last Tuesday. On a seemingly ordinary day marked by routine activities and bingo games,