Locals are accusing Southern California Edison of accidentally starting the Eaton Fire. KTLA's Annie Rose Ramos interviewed David Eisenhauer with SCE on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

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.

Attorneys for a woman who lost her home in the Los Angeles-area Eaton Fire filed an emergency request late on Thursday for Southern California Edison to preserve additional electrical equipment to be examined in blaze investigations,

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.

SCE faces lawsuits for alleged negligence contributing to the Eaton Fire's ignition, which caused destruction and fatalities.

Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, was hit by multiple lawsuits on Monday claiming its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires currently raging in the Los Angeles area,

Via CNN - Wrongful death lawsuit blames Southern California Edison for sparking the Eaton wildfire. Firefighters contained a small fire along ariverbed behind homes that residents believe was likely started in a homeless encampment.

Victims of the Eaton Fire are filing lawsuits against Southern California Edison, blaming them for negligence in the lead up to the Eaton Fire in Altadena and Pasadena, that's destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least nine.