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Amy Taxin, Associated Press Amy Taxin, Associated Press The deadly 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, fire officials said in a report released Tuesday Los Angeles County Fire officials found that the cause of the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed or damaged more than 9,000 homes and businesses was a tower that was not in service, according to the report. "After 18 months of thorough review of all evidence, alongside retained electrical and metallurgical experts, the investigation concluded that the cause of the wildfire conflagration was due to the electrical arcing events that took place on the out-of-service Southern California Edison (SCE) tower," the agency said in a statement. It took firefighters nearly a month to extinguish the blaze, which scorched 22 square miles (57 square kilometers). Eighteen of the 19 people who died in the fire lived in west Altadena. Los Angeles County declined to comment about the latest court filings.
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Amy Taxin, Associated Press Amy Taxin, Associated Press The deadly 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, fire officials said in a report released Tuesday Los Angeles County Fire officials found that the cause of the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed or damaged more than 9,000 homes and businesses was a tower that was not in service, according to the report. "After 18 months of thorough review of all evidence, alongside retained electrical and metallurgical experts, the investigation concluded that the cause of the wildfire conflagration was due to the electrical arcing events that took place on the out-of-service Southern California Edison (SCE) tower," the agency said in a statement. It took firefighters nearly a month to extinguish the blaze, which scorched 22 square miles (57 square kilometers). Eighteen of the 19 people who died in the fire lived in west Altadena. Los Angeles County declined to comment about the latest court filings.
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