A 96-year-old woman was sitting in her nursing home, unaware that the Eaton Fire was burning outside her window and that the facility had been evacuated, her son says.

Jim Benesh said he rescued his mother after she was left behind at Terraces at Park Marino as the Eaton Fire closed in.

A man recalled the frightening moment he rushed to save his elderly mother before the Eaton Fire destroyed her assisted living facility. When the deadly fires ignited on Jan. 7, Dorothy Benesh, 96, was residing at The Terraces at Park Marino facility.

A 97-year-old woman was left alone in her assisted living facility as Los Angeles County was burning in the Jan. 2025 wildfires.