This collection of photos was curated by AP photo editors Leslie Mazoch and Rachel Leathe.

An Altadena family who evacuated due to the Eaton Fire returned to their home to find a furry friend underneath the house.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife found that the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County displaced more than just the ...

The 525-pound male was relocated to the Angeles National Forest after being found in the crawl space of the evacuated home.

When an Altadena couple returned home after the Eaton Fire evacuation orders were lifted, they didn't know what they'd find — ...

An Altadena family returning to their home for the first time since the start of the Eaton Fire were surprised to find a massive, 500-pound bear had made a home in their crawlspace.

A massive 525-pound bear turned an Altadena home's crawlspace into a temporary sanctuary, surprising the homeowner upon his return from fire evacuations. As CBS News reports, Samy Arbid discovered his ...

A 238-kilogram bear was found hiding in a home's crawl space to escape the LA wildfires that tore through Altadena. It took a ...

An Altadena, Calif., man was shocked to discover he couldn't return to his home — which he evacuated due to the Eaton fire — because a 525-lb. bear had nested in the crawl space under his house. It ...

The bear was found in a crawl space under an Altadena home that had been evacuated during the Eaton fire, wildlife officials ...

As evacuation orders were lifted in the Eaton Fire area, one resident returned home to find a bear in a crawl space ...