In two lawsuits, Orange County alleges Southern California Edison acted negligently, which resulted in the ignition of two wildfires.
Orange County filed two lawsuits Monday against Southern California Edison alleging the utility acted negligently in maintaining and operating its equipment, which resulted in the ignition of two wildfires that burned thousands of acres and forced massive evacuations.ignited in October 2020 after one of T-Mobile’s lashing wires fell onto one of Edison’s overhead primary conductors.on one of the utility’s poles that supported a 12,000-volt distribution line.
Representatives for T-Mobile did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Southern California Edison spokesperson Diane Castro said the utility cooperated with the Orange County Fire Authority in its investigations into both fires. One lawsuit alleges that after the fire started about 6:45 a.m. Oct. 26 amid strong Santa Ana winds, Edison was slow to respond. The utility did not shut off power to the line in the fire zone until 36 minutes after the blaze ignited, “despite the circuit experiencing elevated amperage readings,” the suit states.started around 2:40 p.m. May 11, 2022, near a wastewater treatment plant and quickly burned uphill. It tore through stately homes on Coronado Pointe as residents fled.
The agreement relates to the Thomas, Woolsey, Rye, Meyers and Liberty fires, which collectively burned through more than 380,000 acres in 2017 and 2018.This is not the first time Edison has faced scrutiny over its role in wildfires.
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