The utility has noted multiple irregularities, but maintains there is no evidence its equipment sparked the destructive Eaton fire.

I don’t mean to be a wimp, but my whole life was there,” said Walt Butler of the Altadena home he lost to the Eaton fire.

Edison International Inc.‘s Southern California utility equipment created a powerful electric arc above Altadena, Calif., that ignited the deadly Eaton fire, a law firm suing the utility says, citing new video footage from a nearby gas station.