So much history. Alan Zorthian, 65, keeper of his father’s legacy at the famed Zorthian Ranch in Altadena, fought the Eaton Fire as soon as it erupted at the artist enclave Tuesday night.

The Zorthian Ranch had come to encapsulate an untamed slice of Altadena: It was a brazenly bohemian scene, cloaked by forest, that attracted a range of artists, scientists and musicians.

The Zorthian Ranch, a 48-acre artist colony located in Altadena, was just one of the thousands of structures to get decimated in the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. The junkyard is located in the ...

Alan Zorthian shared how he tried to save Altadena's Zorthian Ranch, an artist colony built by his late father, and the pain of losing his prized possessions to the Eaton Fire.

The Zorthian Ranch had come to encapsulate an untamed slice of Altadena: It was a brazenly bohemian scene, cloaked by forest, that attracted a range of artists, scientists and musicians.

A multipurpose room at Zorthian Ranch was reduced to rubble in the Eaton fire. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) ...

7, the Eaton fire devastated large swaths of Altadena, a community of 42,000 residents, destroying more than 4,600 structures and killing at least 16 people. In some areas, entire blocks of homes were ...