The Eaton fire and other recent Southern California wildfires resulted in the deaths of 29 people and the loss of thousands of structures. “We’ve obtained video that indicates the Eaton fire in Los Angeles started after an apparent arc on SoCal Edison lines,” attorneys for the firm alleged. “We’re back in court for a hearing tomorrow fighting to make sure that SoCal Edison keeps all the evidence that we will put before a jury in this case.”.
![[The law firm blamed power companies for the start of the fire - a claim that they have repeatedly denied]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/28/17/Screenshot-2025-01-28-at-12.43.00%E2%80%AFPM.jpg)
“That video requires careful analysis,” David Eisenhauer, a spokesperson for Southern California Edison, told The Independent on Tuesday. “When we received it, we shared it quickly with fire investigators so that they had it as part of our commitment to transparency,” he continued. “I would also say it’s premature for anyone to comment on footage until experts complete a review. And so, we’ve reached out to the authorities after receiving it to make sure they had it, and we continue to fully cooperate with the investigation.”.
![[The Eaton fire started on January 7 and has been connected to at least 17 deaths and nine injuries]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/28/17/Screenshot-2025-01-28-at-12.43.12%E2%80%AFPM.jpg)
Attorneys have argued that there is “evidence that [Southern California Edison’s] equipment in Eaton Canyon was the source of the initial ignition, and there is a near-certainty that physical evidence of the cause exists somewhere along the SCE transmission lines that run parallel to the line on the tower that erupted in flame.”.
![[A firefighter walks toward a burning structure as the Eaton fire advances. In a filing to the California Public Utilities Commission, Edison reported two days after the Eaton fire started that it had not received any suggestions that its equipment was involved in the ignition.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/16/05/California_Wildfires_96102.jpg)
