WASHINGTONPOST (N. Kirkpatrick) - Utility tower spark confirmed as cause of 2025 Eaton fire in California
Edison says it is reviewing a new report that confirms the long-held suspicion of the fire’s origin.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - LA County investigators blame Edison's idle transmission tower for Eaton Fire that killed 19
An 18-month investigation by the Los Angeles County Fire Department has pinpointed an electrical spark from a Southern California Edison transmission tower, one that wasn't even in service, as the cause of the Eaton Fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and leveled more than 9,000 buildings. Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone released the findings […] The post LA County investigators blame Edison's idle transmission tower for Eaton Fire that killed 19 appeared first on American Almanac .
An 18-month investigation by the Los Angeles County Fire Department has pinpointed an electrical spark from a Southern California Edison transmission tower, one that wasn't even in service, as the cause of the Eaton Fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and leveled more than 9,000 buildings. Fire Chief Anthony C. Marrone released the findings after investigators reviewed physical evidence, witness accounts, and multiple videos tracing the fire's origin to Eaton Canyon in the Altadena foothills. The report concluded that electrical arcing from a tower on Edison's inactive Mesa-Sylmar transmission line ignited dry vegetation beneath the structure on January 7, 2025, as powerful Santa Ana winds drove the flames into surrounding neighborhoods.…Open
NYTIMES (Livia Albeck-Ripka and Ivan Penn) - Eaton Fire Caused by Utility’s Transmission Tower, Report Says
The 2025 fire, which killed 19 people and destroyed the Altadena community in Los Angeles County, began at an inactive tower belonging to Southern California Edison, officials said.
ABCNEWS - Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton Fire in Los Angeles
Los Angeles fire officials say the deadly 2025 Eaton Fire was caused by Southern California Edison equipment
JUSTTHENEWS (The Center Square Staff) - Utility company pays $314 million to Eaton Fire victims
The Eaton Fire, which started Jan. 7, 2025, burned 14,021 acres, destroyed 9,418 structures and damaged 1,073 structures, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. Seventeen people died.
AI:A utility company has reached a $314 million settlement for victims of the catastrophic Eaton Fire that scorched over 14,000 acres in California on January 7, 2025. The deadly blaze claimed seventeen lives and resulted in the destruction of more than 9,400 structures while damaging an additional 1,073 buildings according to data from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention.Open
WASHINGTONPOST (N. Kirkpatrick) - Teens are chaining themselves to trees to fight a California school district
Eighteen months after the Eaton Fire, Pasadena schools are trying to clear toxic soil. Students and activists are fighting to save nearly 200 trees.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: A pup's new home after surviving the Eaton fire
German Shephard Artemis finds his forever home as the last sheltered animal from the Eaton fire.
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ABCNEWS - WATCH: Dog finds forever home after Eaton Fire
Artemis, a German shepherd, became the last animal sheltered to find a forever home after more than 440 days.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Iman Palm) - California launches civil rights probe into Eaton Fire response in West Altadena
The Eaton Fire burned 14,021 acres, killed at least 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 buildings, making it one of the deadliest wildfires in California history.
NYTIMES (Jill Cowan) - California Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into L.A. Eaton Fire Response
The state’s attorney general will examine whether emergency responders failed to adequately warn the residents of West Altadena, a Black middle-class neighborhood that was devastated in a 2025 blaze.