Homeowner, Totress Beasley, had just made her final payment on her Pasadena home days before it was destroyed in the Eaton fire.
At least two dozen people have been reported dead in fires raging across Los Angeles. Five lived near one another in a ravaged Altadena neighborhood.
A group of Altadena residents are suing Southern California Edison over the deadly eaton fire that has burned thousands of buildings, including homes and schools.
A doorstep video released by The Associated Press and others shows a fire at the base of a hilltop electrical pylon in Altadena, California—what residents say was the origin of the Eaton fire. Within minutes, high winds had carried the fire across the neighborhood and the sky was soon lit red with intense burning.
Investigators looking into the cause of the devastating Eaton fire have been studying the site around an electrical tower in Eaton Canton. Residents took photos of the early moments of the fire and believe it started there.
SCE faces lawsuits for alleged negligence contributing to the Eaton Fire's ignition, which caused destruction and fatalities.
Harrowing video, captured by Jeffrey Ku and his wife Cheryl, shows hurricane-like winds pushing deadly flames toward their Altadena neighborhood in the early hours of the Eaton Fire last ... committed to holding Southern California Edison accountable."
Firefighting efforts continue on the Eaton Fire that has burned over ... approximately 8,200 homes in and around Altadena and Pasadena, California, population 40,000," said the statement from ...
The court filings blame the utility for the fire despite the fact that the blaze's cause is still under investigation.
A California couple's Ring video doorbell captured their harrowing escape as the Eaton Fire approached their Altadena home.
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.