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CA Post Editorial Board. (2026, October 3). The most important revelation in the Palisades, Eaton Fire report. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/opinion/the-biggest-revelation-in-the-palisades-eaton-fire-report/
CA Post Editorial Board. “The most important revelation in the Palisades, Eaton Fire report.” New York Post, 3 Oct. 2026, https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/opinion/the-biggest-revelation-in-the-palisades-eaton-fire-report/.
CA Post Editorial Board. “The most important revelation in the Palisades, Eaton Fire report.” New York Post, October 3, 2026. https://nypost.com/2026/10/03/opinion/the-biggest-revelation-in-the-palisades-eaton-fire-report/.
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A 700-page report released by UL Research Institutes’ Fire Safety Research Institute at the request of Gov. Gavin Newsom details failures during the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles. The report, while not blaming any single entity, criticizes the overly complex alert system and highlights significant delays in evacuation warnings. Some residents did not receive alerts until 40 to 90 minutes after their homes were already burning. At 10:46 a.m., just 16 minutes after the fire was reported, a helicopter warned that flames would hit homes within minutes, but it took longer for an evacuation order to be issued. The report also points out that the state failed to adequately coordinate with other agencies when developing wildfire plans for California State Parks land, directly implicating Newsom’s administration in shared responsibility. Despite this evidence, Newsom initially pushed back against taking blame, which may have been a strategy to avoid legal liability from lawsuits following the fires.