As his Los Angeles neighborhood burned on Tuesday, resident Keith Wasserman posted a plea on X: “Does anyone have access to private firefighters to protect our home in Pacific Palisades?

For residents of this devastated Los Angeles suburb ... flames” on Tuesday night, said Nicholas Norman, 40. “They were too busy over in the Palisades saving the rich and famous’s properties ...

with the rich paying to protect their property with everyone else left to sift through the ashes. Covered 6, a Los Angeles-area security firm, assists cities with evacuations and fire suppression ...