Kevin Devine last appeared outside his Boston Street apartment building in Altadena, hours after the deadly Eaton Fire was ignited. A few weeks passed without his fate.
The county medical examiner’s office has confirmed that Devine, 54, died in the fire. His body Found on April 2 In the 900 block of Boston Street, one block east of Lake Avenue.
He is Person 18 Known as dead in the Eaton fire and the only victim of destruction East of Lake Avenue. Devine confirmed on the medical examiner’s website on April 22.
Devine, an actor and substitute teacher, spoke in Michigan on the evening of January 7 with his worried mother, who called after seeing the report of the Los Angeles fire.
“I said, ‘Kevin, you have to leave.’ “He said, ‘I’m fine, mom. ‘transparent
Devine’s landlord saw him outside the apartment building around 9 p.m., and about three hours later, erupted on the hillside above Eaton Canyon Wash. This is his last report.
As first responders combed through the burnt streets of Altadena in the next few days, Devine was nowhere to be found. His car showed no signs. His family called hospitals and evacuation shelters. them Start talking about him In the past.
On April 2, a special operations team in the Medical Examiner’s Office responded to reports of possible human remains found in the neighborhood he had seen on April 2. Since then, the office has confirmed them Belongs to Devinedied of burns and smoke inhalation.
As we all know, 30 people died in the Palisades and Eaton Fires, and in early January, Los Angeles County destroyed more than 16,000 homes. All of this was publicly identified, but one person’s body was found on Las Lomas Street in Palisade, Pacific.
Journalist Noah Goldberg contributed to the report.
