The family of an Eaton fire victim is suing Southern California Edison for wrongful death, alleging that the utility company's negligence is to blame for the devastating blaze that killed 59-year-old Evelyn McClendon.

At least four lawsuits were filed Monday morning against Southern California Edison in connection with the Eaton Fire.

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.

The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.

Fires across the Los Angeles area have killed at least 25 people. The Palisades and Eaton fires continue to burn in Southern California.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility firm Edison International, on Monday was sued on claims that its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area, according to court filings.

More than 10,000 Southern California Edison customers remained without power Saturday morning, Jan. 18 as the utility scrambled to fix equipment damaged by the recent high winds.

Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility faces lawsuits blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of the wildfires still raging in the second-largest US metropolis.

Southern California Edison, the electrical utility for Los Angeles, has been sued for its alleged role in starting one of the raging Los Angeles fires that have collectively killed at least 24 people and displaced tens of thousands of people from their homes.

Multiple lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Eaton Fire victims that claim equipment owned by Southern California Edison sparked the deadly blaze. The lawsuits were filed Monday in Los Angeles

Some residents in San Bernardino County say they are frustrated with a lack of communication with SCE after 4 days. SCE says it’s working to restore power as soon as possible.

Some 278,000 Southern California Edison customers were affected by outages as of Friday evening, either due to weather or fire-related damage or as a result of pre-emptive safety shutoffs ...