Opinion - Alexander #Hurst, journaliste #américain et chroniqueur du “ #Guardian” : "Entre les #États-Unis #US de Donald #Trump et la #France : je choisis la #France… et l’ #Europe "

https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/opinion-entre-les-etats-unis-de-donald-trump-et-la-france-je-choisis-la-france-et-l-europe_238450

Flaw in Edison’s equipment in Sylmar sparked two major wildfires in last six years, lawyers say

Southern California Edison’s admission that its equipment may have ignited the Hurst fire in the San Fernando Valley on Jan. 7
is being seized on by lawyers suing the utility company for another fire in the same area nearly six years earlier.

💥Both the #Saddleridge Fire in 2019 and the #Hurst Fire this year started beneath an Edison high-voltage transmission line in Sylmar.

💥The lawyers say faulty equipment on the line ignited both blazes in the same way.

“The evidence will show that five separate fires ignited at five separate SCE transmission tower bases in the same exact manner as the fire that started the Saddleridge fire,”
the lawyers wrote of the Hurst fire in a June 9 filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.

The lawyers said the January wildfire is “further evidence” that a transmission pylon known as
🔥 "Tower 2-5 “ is improperly grounded.”

#SaddleridgeFire #HurstFire

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-06-28/flaw-in-edisons-equipment-sparked-the-deadly-2019-saddleridge-fire-and-the-jan-7-hurst-fire-lawyers-say

Officials raced to prepare for possible debris flows in areas burned during the January fires

as a strong storm moved into Southern California on Wednesday,

prompting evacuation warnings in burn zones across L.A. County.

These evacuation warnings will be in effect from 7 a.m. Thursday to 2 p.m. Friday
— when the heaviest rain is expected
— in burned areas where the risk of mudslides and debris flows is likely to be the highest,
according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

In the #Pacific #Palisades, this includes the Getty Villa area,
the Highlands neighborhood, the Bienveneda area near Temescal Canyon Park, the Reseda Boulevard and Marinette Road area near Will Rogers State Park, and in Mandeville Canyon above Tanners Road.

Warnings are also in effect around the #Sunset fire burn zone in Runyon Canyon and by the Oakridge Mobile Home Park, which is near the #Hurst fire burn zone in Sylmar.

The Los Angeles Police Department will visit households in the highest-risk areas to issue specific evacuation orders.

Evacuation warnings have yet to be issued for areas in the #Eaton fire burn zone.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-02-12/southern-californias-strongest-storm-of-winter-is-here-high-risk-of-flooding-debris-flow

This page is activated for the #Palisades Fire, #Eaton Fire, #Hurst Fire, #Sunset Fire and other #wildfires.

To view #realtime #evacuation, #shelter, and other #information, see the map and text below.

Contact #RedCross if you are looking for someone #impacted by fires 2025 in #LA County or to inform your family of your safety wellness:

(800) 675-5799

https://lacounty.gov/emergency/

California fires live: sixth wildfire breaks out in Los Angeles as five people killed

The #Hurst fire, which is located in the Sylmar neighborhood, grew to 850 acres Wednesday evening.

The blaze, which previously encompassed 700 acres, is still the third largest of six wildfires ongoing in Los Angeles County.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/08/california-los-angeles-fires-live-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other