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Power line may have sparked LA wildfire, lawsuits allege
Fire victims filed suit against Southern California Edison.
While officials continue to investigate the cause of the fire, at least four suits allege that SCE failed to de-energize power lines, the Los Angeles Times reports. Utilities have faced a string of lawsuits in recent years in the wake of devastating wildfires, typically over power lines sparking blazes. At least one suit cites data from Whisker Labs, a company that monitors power grids, that shows a “significant spike” in faults in the area just before the fire broke out.
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