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January 17, 2018

Suit targets Calif. utilities over wildfire, mudslides

  • The suit claims a fire in a transformer sparked the Thomas Fire on Dec. 4; and last week's mudslides occurred because vegetation that typically holds soil in place was burned.
    • By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — Two utilities were sued Tuesday for the widespread destruction from last week's deadly mudslides that were caused when hillsides ravaged by California's largest-ever wildfire let loose in heavy rain.

    An amended negligence lawsuit filed in Santa Barbara County Superior Court added the Montecito Water District to the suit that originally targeted only Southern California Edison.


     
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