A fallen street light on the road during the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. The most destructive wind storm to strike the Los Angeles area in 14 years is fanning wildfires and has sent thousands of residents fleeing for their lives, with dangerous gusts expected to persist for at least another two days. Photo: Michael Nigro/Bloomberg

Only a few California credit unions decided either to continue to close all of their locations or some of their branches on Thursday because of the Los Angeles fires that have burned 2,000 structures, forced more than 180,000 people to evacuate their homes, and claimed the lives of five persons.

The California Credit Union League in Ontario reported that at least nine credit unions have reported power outages and that some of their employees have been evacuated from their homes.

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