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Poor communications, understaffing, a lack of adequate planning and chaotic conditions contributed to the failure to issue timely evacuation orders to parts of Altadena as the deadly Eaton Fire raced through the community, according to a long-awaited report released Thursday.

The report did not assign blame to individuals for the botched alerts but found there was no clear process for who should issue evacuation orders and called for significant reforms. Nineteen people died in the fire, all but one of whom was found in west Altadena, an area that did not get evacuation alerts for hours after the fire broke out.

The 132-page report released Thursday seemed to downplay how early the

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