Scott Pike was assigned to pick up the hoses from the Lachman fire. But he said he saw about five areas that were still smoking. A Los Angeles firefighter said in sworn testimony that he sounded the alarm about the inadequate mop-up of the Lachman fire — and was blown off by a captain — days before the embers reignited into the deadly Palisades fire. The firefighter, Scott Pik... [7318 chars]