A lawsuit against utility company Southern California Edison alleges poor equipment maintenance was the origin of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed thousands of homes and other buildings in Altadena, California earlier this month.
Attorney James Frantz, who is representing 15,000 victims of fire in Altadena, says the company has put “profits over safety.”
“It’s just destroyed lives and families all the way throughout. It’s really unconscionable that these public utilities don’t get it,” Frantz told the Washington Examiner.
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“They cannot put the safety of the people and public at risk by not maintaining their equipment,” He continued.
One of the residents Franz is representing alleges that surveillance video from an area gas station proves the utility company’s power lines ignited the Eaton Fire.
Frantz said many residents are still displaced by the fires, noting one elderly woman who is still …