The firefighter, Scott Pike, testified last month in a lawsuit brought by Palisades fire victims against the city and the state. At one ash pit, he said, “I didn’t even want to use my gloved hand because it was hot. Pike testified that when he reported his observations to other firefighters at the scene, “I felt like I kind of got blown off a little bit.”Then he tried the captain. A second firefighter was told that tree stumps were still hot when the crew packed up and left, according to the texts. “He swears to me that nobody ever told him verbally or through a text message that there was any hot spots,” Moore said.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2026 18:36 UTC