Lawsuit Filed Casting Blame for Deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles: ‘Failure to De-Energize’

A California law firm filed a complaint against the Southern California Edison Company (SCE) on Monday, accusing the energy company of starting the Eaton Fire.

In a statement, Bridgford, Gleason & Artinian said that it believes the Eaton Fire “was ignited because of SCE’s failure to de-energize its overhead wires which traverse Eaton Canyon.”

The firm said that it came to the conclusion after meeting with consultants, reviewing SCE’s public statements, analyzing video evidence of the Eaton Fire’s origin and its own investigation.

The fire reportedly began “despite a red flag PDS wind warning issued by the national weather service the day before the ignition of the fire.”

“Our hearts go out to the many victims of this and the other Los Angeles fires,” the firm said. (Read more from “Lawsuit Filed Casting Blame for Deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles: ‘Failure to De-Energize’” HERE)