California Wildfire Recovery Center
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2025 · Los Angeles County
Eaton Fire
Altadena · Pasadena · Sierra Madre · Kinneloa Mesa
Following the Eaton Fire, numerous lawsuits were filed naming Southern California Edison and related entities. The cases are consolidated for pretrial purposes before the Los Angeles Superior Court, lead case Gursey v. Southern California Edison, No. 25STCV00731, assigned to the Hon. Laura A. Seigle in Department 17. Case Management Order 11 and Amended Case Management Order 13 set the first bellwether trial for January 25, 2027. On August 4, 2026 the Los Angeles County Fire Department and CAL FIRE released their origin and cause investigation, concluding that electrical arcing on an out-of-service SCE transmission tower caused the fire. A fire agency origin and cause determination is an investigative finding, not a court judgment, and the question of legal liability remains before the court. The Los Angeles County District Attorney has a separate ongoing review of the evidence, which is the stated reason large portions of both released reports are redacted.
Litigation filed Status as of August 5, 2026.
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The repository
California wildfires on record
Eaton Fire
Altadena · Pasadena · Sierra Madre
14,021 acres · 9,419 structures
Palisades Fire
Pacific Palisades · Malibu · Topanga
23,448 acres · 6,837 structures
Mountain Fire
Camarillo · Santa Rosa Valley
19,904 acres · 243 structures
Coastal Fire
Laguna Niguel · Coronado Pointe
200 acres · 20 structures
Fairview Fire
Hemet · Valle Vista
28,307 acres · 39 structures
Caldor Fire
Grizzly Flats
221,835 acres · 1,003 structures
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