A video released as part of an ongoing lawsuit against Southern California Edison, the electrical utility for Los Angeles, appears to show what a law firm says is the start of the deadly Eaton Fire.
A private lab found evidence of two massive electrical faults in the Eaton Canyon area just before a fire erupted there and spread through much of Altadena, Calif.
An electric line that was repaired after the deadly Eaton wildfire caught fire last week. The line was less than a mile from the transmission tower that is a focus of investigators probing the wildfire that ignited Jan.
The video shows arcing and electrical sparking on a transmission tower in Eaton Canyon just before winds quickly began spreading the fire.
The Eaton fire and other recent Southern California wildfires resulted in the deaths of 29 people and the loss of thousands of structures
A law firm suing Southern California Edison released an edited video that it says appears show the start of the deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena.
Los Angeles County officials are calling for an independent review of emergency notification systems after some residents argued that earlier warnings might have saved lives.
As the cleanup phase of recovery begins after the devastating fires in L.A. County, displaced residents grapple with new uncertainty surrounding the cost and timeline for rebuilding.
Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m. PST Cal Fire data marked the Palisades Fire at 68% containment and the Eaton Fire at 91% containment, listing no other active fires in Los Angeles as a red flag warning is in effect for much the region until Friday evening.
Their landlord emailed the couple that the house was gone along with everything else, including the engagement ring McShea recently bought. He told KABC that he planned to ask Raynor to marry him soon but had not popped the question before the fires were sparked. He had the ring stored in the back of a drawer in his desk.
On the night the deadly Eaton Fire broke out in Los Angeles County, a gas station video camera captured what appeared to be sparks on a steep flank of Mount Wilson on Altadena’s outskirts and then flames spreading across the hillside.