Staggering new video reveals Eaton Hearth igniting — earlier than shortly exploding into huge inferno

Bombshell video reveals flashes from an previous Southern California Edison transmission line on the origin of the lethal Eaton Hearth, offering the clearest look but at what could have occurred within the moments earlier than the blaze erupted.

The newly surfaced footage, obtained by ABC7 Eyewitness Information from the Gerrish Swim & Tennis Membership in Pasadena, reveals two brilliant bangs close to {an electrical} tower carrying a century-old, inactive line.

In line with newly filed courtroom paperwork, they occurred at 6:11 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2025 — the identical time Edison reported two electrical faults on a separate transmission line situated greater than 5 miles away.

The surveillance video additionally captures the highly effective winds battering the world that night time.

Attorneys representing Altadena owners argue in courtroom filings that the flashes originated from Southern California Edison gear close to the place the Eaton Hearth is believed to have began.

The footage reveals how the fireplace quickly unfold from the world the place they occurred.

The attorneys contend the video supplies new proof supporting claims that Edison gear performed a task in igniting the lethal wildfire.

“Southern California Edison has spent the final 16 months making an attempt to forestall the inevitable authorized penalties of razing a big swath of the communities of Altadena and Pasadena to the bottom,” the attorneys wrote within the submitting.

Property insurers have blamed Southern California Edison for inflicting the fireplace and are looking for to carry the utility answerable for tens of millions of {dollars} in damages paid out to residents. Edison has not accepted accountability for the fireplace.

“This idle line is being investigated, and it’s a part of the broader evaluation into figuring out what occurred across the begin of the Eaton Hearth. Edison has been dedicated, by its personal investigation and in working with authorities, to attending to the underside of this and serving to the Altadena neighborhood get better and rebuild.

“We established the Wildfire Restoration Compensation Program,” Kathleen Dunleavy, a spokesperson for the utility, instructed the information station.

The Trump administration sued Edison final yr, alleging the utility was answerable for sparking the Eaton and Fairview fires and looking for tens of tens of millions of {dollars} in damages.

The Eaton Hearth killed at the very least 19 individuals, destroyed greater than 9,000 constructions, and burned greater than 14,000 acres, making it one of the damaging wildfires in Southern California historical past.

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