Victims of the Eaton Fire are filing lawsuits against Southern California Edison, blaming them for negligence in the lead up to the Eaton Fire in Altadena and Pasadena, that's destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least nine.

The L.A.-area fires may pose the first big test of California’s wildfire fund, which was set up in 2019 to protect utilities from bankruptcy.

SCE faces lawsuits for alleged negligence contributing to the Eaton Fire's ignition, which caused destruction and fatalities.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility firm Edison International, on Monday was sued on claims that its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area, according to court filings.

The court filings blame the utility for the fire despite the fact that the blaze's cause is still under investigation.

Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.

Attorneys representing those affected by the Eaton Fire filed a lawsuit against Southern California Edison alleging that the company's equipment sparked the disastrous blaze in Altadena.

Southern California Edison, a division of Edison International, has been hit with multiple lawsuits accusing the utility of starting one of the fires burning near Los Angeles.

California’s public utility company, Southern California Edison (SCE), was hit with a handful of lawsuits on Monday over the origins of the Eaton Canyon fire burning both Pasadena, California, and Altadena,

A flurry of lawsuits were filed Monday against Southern California Edison by homeowners and renters who lost their homes in the Eaton Fire.