Ca -counts sue the supply company for Eaton Fire

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David Wilson

Los Angeles Daily News

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In Los Angeles County, Pasadena and Sierra Madre, on Wednesday, March 5, Los Angeles County, “Massive costs for the fire and its consequences”, submitted against South California Edison, in which the equipment of the supply company triggered the Eaton fire, which destroyed more than 9,000 structures.

In each lawsuit, damage to the costs incurred due to the fire is submitted, which include damage to government buildings and the reaction to the fire.

The complaints accuse the equipment of SCE to trigger the fatal fire, which a mammal damage to the damage cut through the non -legal community of Altadena and the two cities.

According to the district's complaint, the fire destroyed “County Park, a nature center, several ways and other essential infrastructure in the community”.

“Our focus remains on the full restoration of the services for residents and companies of Pasadena,” said Pasadena spokeswoman Lisa Derderian in a statement. “By working with neighboring jurisdiction, we can tackle the devastating effects that this fire had on our communities and at the same time ensure that those responsible are held accountable.”

According to a press release from the district, witnesses, photos and videos show that the fire started directly under SCE transmission lines in Eaton Canyon.

SCE informed the California public utilities commission that an error in its transmission line had occurred at the time of the fire at the time of the fire.

The county estimated the damage caused by the fire to hundreds of millions of dollars.

More than 40 complaints claim that Edison's equipment was responsible for the beginning of the Eaton fire – in which 17 people were killed and more than 10,000 structures were damaged or destroyed.

The supply company states that evidence and videos, including one of an Arco petrol station, which seems to show one or two minutes before the following flames, suggests a possible link to Sces equipment that the company takes seriously.

“Although we have not yet known what the Eaton Waldfeuer has caused, SCE examines every possibility in his investigation, including the possibility that the equipment of the supply company was involved,” said Pizarro. “We have been fully committed since the beginning of the fires to support the broader emergency reaction, containment, relaxation and investigation efforts.”

In the district's complaint, it is claimed that although the financial burden on fire damage, clean -up work and reconstruction efforts could continue to be determined and increased, “it is estimated that they will be at least hundreds of million dollars as a whole”.

“We are committed to seeking Justice for the Altadena Community and the TaxPayers of Los Angeles County,” Said.county Counsel Dawyn R. Harrison, Who Added That County Will Seek Compensation for Damage to the County's Infrastructure, Parks, Recreational Aeas and Roads, as Well as the Costs of the Huge Cleanup and Recovery EFFORTS, Flood and Mudslide Prevention, Workers Compensation Claims, Overtime for County Workers and Lost Taxes, as well as other costs.

The districts of the district action include the district itself, the flood control district and the consolidated fire protection district.

EDISSS CEO of Edison said last week that his company had reached the state standard for the responsible managed norm – a standard that he has found massive damage claims against the company from the company in recent years in recent years, even if his transmission lines were found as the cause of the disaster Eaton fire.

Pedro Pizarro, whose Edison International has California Edison in Rosemead in Southern, informed the investors of the profit of the pension company in the fourth quarter that the recent reforms in state statutes compensate for the accountability of the pension companies with the costs for the recovery of forest fire and customer protection.

Essentially that the balance, even if the investigators find that the Altadena transmission lines from SCE lit fire, realize that the forest fire can never be zero, he said.

“If it is determined that the transmission equipment of SCE was associated with the ignition of the Eaton Fire, based on the information we have checked so far, we are confident that SCE would show a good faith, which shows that it is about the behavior in terms of its transmission systems in the Eaton Canyon area, consistent with the actions of a reasonable utility,” said Pizarro. ” the standard on which a supply company is assessed. “

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