A judge on Tuesday approved a temporary restraining order for Southern California Edison to preserve data and equipment related to the area where the Eaton fire started.
Southern California Edison discovered signs of an encampment about 300 yards from the spot where the Eaton fire is suspected to have started.
Four lawsuits were filed Monday accusing Southern California Edison of sparking the Eaton fire — one of the deadly blazes that broke out last week amid a historic windstorm and destroyed hundreds of homes. Lawyers for homeowners in the Altadena area ...
The Eaton Fire is now considered one of the deadliest fires in California history with 16 deaths reported so far.
SCE faces lawsuits for alleged negligence contributing to the Eaton Fire's ignition, which caused destruction and fatalities.
State regulators criticized Southern California Edison for falling behind in inspecting transmission lines in areas at high risk of wildfires just months before the deadly Eaton fire, according to state documents.
The complaints allege the utility failed to de-energize its power lines, which allowed the electrical equipment to spark the massive blaze near Pasadena on Jan. 7.
Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.
A flurry of lawsuits were filed Monday against Southern California Edison by homeowners and renters who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire.
A group of Altadena residents are suing Southern California Edison over the deadly eaton fire that has burned thousands of buildings, including homes and schools.
Though the origin of the catastrophic Eaton Fire has not yet been determined, the lawsuit faults the electric utility for failing to de-energize wires despite a red flag wind warning,
The law firm Edelson PC filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday on behalf of a former FedEx worker, Evangeline Iglesias, who lost her home in the Eaton Fire that broke out just outside Los Angeles last Tuesday, killing 16 people and destroying approximately 7,000 structures in Altadena and Pasadena.