The US government on Thursday filed multi-million dollar lawsuits against a major power company over wildfires in Southern California, including one of the huge blazes that tore through the Los Angeles area in January.
The Department of Justice said it had no doubt that Southern California Edison was to blame for the Eaton Fire, which laid waste to Altadena, killing 19 people and destroying thousands of homes.
“The lawsuits filed today allege a troubling pattern of negligence resulting in death, destruction, and tens of millions of federal taxpayer dollars spent to clean up one utility company’s mistakes,” said Acting United States Attorney Bill Essayli…