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Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows how local heroes are crucial to disaster response

  • Written by Tricia Wachtendorf, Professor of Sociology and Director, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
imageNeighbors fill and pass a bucket of pool water to help extinguish a spot fire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2025.Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Image

As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began...

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