The Eaton fire broke out in an adjacent area supplied by Kinneloa Irrigation District, and the flames caused minor damage to a generator, which has since been fixed, said Tom Majich, the district’s general manager.

“I have a very fixed income,” she said.

Some have noted that, in Mexico, authorities are often slow to respond to emergency calls reporting crimes or to the many fixed panic buttons in parks and other sites that are meant to summon police.

The more general gilt market move, has not yet significantly changed fixed mortgage rates, for example.

The long-derelict hotel has been brought back to life, new coastal paths have been laid out, a previously rutted car park has been fixed and new businesses and jobs have opened up.