At least two dozen people had been reported dead in the fires raging around in Los Angeles as of Monday.

Most of them lived in the hillside community of Altadena, near the eastern edge of the city, where the Eaton fire destroyed thousands of structures. Several lived within just a few blocks of one another, near the edge of the Angeles National Forest.

Two of the dead, a man and his son, who had cerebral palsy, had called for help evacuating, but none came. One of the victims was found near a garden hose he had been using to spray his house as the fire bore down.

In the Palisades fire, near the coast, the dead included a hang glider, a surfer and a former child star from Australia.

Here is what we know about some of the victims:

Eaton deaths

Evelyn McClendon >> Evelyn McClendon, 59, lived surrounded by three generations of her family in the Altadena neighborhood: her mother lived in a separate house on the same property; her brother, Zaire Calvin, lived next door. Calvin recalled racing to help his wife, his 1-year-old daughter, and his 84-year-old mother evacuate, while yelling to his sister to get in her car.

“I’m still trying to understand why she didn’t leave,” he said.

McClendon held several corporate jobs before withdrawing to lead a quieter life, Calvin, 47, said. She was a passionate participant in her online church, and worked as a bus driver for the Pasadena public schools, he said. She once told him that in her years of corporate work, striving for advancement, she wished she had “taken the time to enjoy life. And that stuck with me, always,” he said.

Dalyce Curry >> Dalyce Curry, 95, died inside her home in Altadena. Curry had been an actress and an extra in several films, including “The Ten Commandments,” “Lady Sings the Blues,” and “The Blues Brothers.” Into her 90s, she dressed up and kept fit, her granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, said.

But Curry had spent the day in the hospital for a cardiac issue, and her granddaughter dropped her off that evening, thinking she was safe. Kelley said she now felt guilty about leaving her. “No one saw this coming,” Kelley said. “I’ve never seen this type of devastation in my lifetime living in this city, and she loved Altadena so much.”

“It was her safe place,” Kelley said, adding “it’s unfortunate that her safe place became a nightmare.”

Anthony and Justin Mitchell >> Anthony Mitchell, 68, died with his son Justin, who had cerebral palsy and was in his 30s. His other children heard from their father, who used a wheelchair, as the fire was bearing down on Altadena. He said he expected someone to come help the two evacuate. By 8 that night, he and Justin had both been found dead.

“I felt the system let them down,” his son Anthony Mitchell Jr. said.

Justin Mitchell was known for his sunny personality and love of reading. Anthony Mitchell was known for his barbecuing skills and his care for his family and for his neighbors. “My dad was just one of those people,” Anthony Mitchell Jr. said. “You would meet him and he would make friends with you real quick.”

Victor Shaw >> Victor Shaw, 66, died trying to save his tile-roof house on Monterosa Drive, a cul-de-sac near the edge of the forest. “The house had a whole lot of significance for him,” a neighbor, Willie Jackson, 81, said. “His parents had always had it.”

Shaw drove a bloodmobile and made deliveries. “He was hardworking,” Jackson said.

After the fire passed, neighbors and family members came to search for him. They found him lying in his front yard clutching a garden hose. “He was out here trying to fight the fire by himself,” Jackson’s son, William, said.

Rodney Nickerson >> Rodney Nickerson, 82, died in his home just a short walk from Shaw’s. Nickerson was a retired aerospace engineer for Lockheed Martin and an active deacon at his church, according to his son Eric Nickerson.

Nickerson loved to fish, play the horses and watch the San Francisco 49ers, his daughter-in-law, Elsa Nickerson, said in an interview. And he was deeply attached to his house, where he had raised his two children, and the neighborhood, where he had seen the cycle of generations. His family urged him to evacuate, but he told them he believed the fire would not reach him.

Erliene Kelley >> Erliene Kelley was a retired Rite Aid pharmacy technician and a longtime resident of the same section of Altadena, according to Rita and Terry Pyburn, a couple who lived on her block.

“She was so, so, so sweet,” Terry Pyburn said.

“It was panic. Everyone took off and no one thought to check on anybody,” Pyburn said, adding, “I think the notice came too late.”

Kim Winiecki >> Kim Winiecki, 77, moved to her house in Altadena about 35 years ago. “Her home was her security, her everything,” Jeannette McMahon, a close friend, said in a phone interview.

Winiecki was a deeply private person and never let anyone on or near her property. “We respected that,” McMahon said, “even though I was her closest friend.”

When the Eaton fire broke out near Winiecki’s house Tuesday, McMahon said she offered her a ride out, but Winiecki said she would stay put and wait out the fire.

Palisades deaths

Charles Mortimer >> Charles Mortimer, 84, a longtime resident of Pacific Palisades, was a Chicago Cubs fan with a quick wit and an infectious smile, his family said in a statement shared by his niece, Meredith Mortimer.

“Charlie Mortimer truly lived life to its fullest,” the statement said. “He was a world traveler, a sun worshiper, and an avid sports fan.”

Mortimer died in the hospital Jan. 8, having suffered a heart attack, smoke inhalation and burns, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.

Arthur Simoneau >> Arthur Simoneau, a beloved figure in the hang gliding community, died in the Palisades fire while trying to save his home in Topanga, his family said.

Simoneau was a member of the Sylmar Hang Gliding Association, where he served as a mentor to many, according to Steve Murillo, the association’s president. A GoFundMe page set up by his son, Andre Simoneau, described Simoneau as a man who showed others how to live with a rare “childlike eagerness.”

“It was always in the back of our heads that he would die in spectacular Arthur fashion,” the post read. He died protecting his home, the post said, “something only he was brave enough (or crazy enough) to do.”

Randall Miod >> Randall Miod, 55, was a “legend in Malibu” who lived and died in the place he loved most, his mother, Carol A. Smith, wrote in a statement. Surfing had been his passion from youth. Since his 20s, he had lived in the same house on the Pacific Coast Highway, which became a gathering place for friends. Kristin Miod Ennabe, his cousin, likened him to Peter Pan and said he had a “gentle spirit” like his father, Lawrence Miod.

Smith said the last time she spoke with her son was the day the Palisades fire began. He called her, nearly in tears, and she urged him to take himself and his cat to a shelter. Instead, Miod stayed. His final words to her were: “Pray for the Palisades and pray for Malibu. I love you,” she wrote.

Rory Sykes >> Rory Sykes, 32, a former child star from Australia who was born with cerebral palsy, died in the Palisades fire, according to his mother, Shelley Sykes. Rory Sykes appeared in the 1990s British television show “Kiddy Kapers.” On his website, he described himself as a gamer, investor and philanthropist.

“He was just a beautiful soul,” Shelley Sykes said.

The two moved to the United State in 2010 and had lived on a 17-acre estate in the Malibu area for the past decade. Rory Sykes had his own cottage, which burned after he told Shelley Sykes he wasn’t leaving and locked himself inside, she said.

Other victims

The Los Angeles County fire chief, Anthony Marrone, said “human remains detection teams” would be going house to house, searching for others who might have died.

Authorities have classified 23 people as missing — 17 in the Eaton fire and six in the Malibu area, near the Palisades fire.