Los Angeles County sued Edison International to recoup its losses from a January wildfire that was one of the most destructive in California history.
The suit alleges that equipment owned by the company’s Southern California Edison utility caused the Eaton Fire. The county claims it’s been saddled with hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to respond to the blaze and repair damaged infrastructure and property. The cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre filed separate suits against Edison in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
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