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  • New gas station security camera video shows possible start of deadly Eaton Fire

    01/27/2025 9:55:03 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 20 replies
    NBC LA ^ | Jan 27, 2025 | Brittany Hope & Jonathan Lloyd
    A law firm suing Southern California Edison said new video appears show electrical arcs and sparking on the night of Jan. 7 at the origin of the deadly Eaton Fire in Altadena. The security camera video from a Pasadena gas station was obtained by Edelson PC over the weekend. In an edited version of the video, the law firm claims it shows arcing in the canyon where the fire started in a Santa Ana windstorm before flames destroyed homes and businesses in the community northeast of Los Angeles. The Arco gas station video, stamped with an incorrect date and time,...
  • Arson Suspect Ruben Montes Arrested Near Eaton Fire

    01/13/2025 4:23:47 AM PST · by Strict9 · 13 replies
    Newsweak ^ | Khaleda Rahman
    California police arrested a man on suspicion of arson on Sunday after firefighters saw him lighting fires about 12 miles south east of the Eaton fire—the deadliest blaze, as of Monday morning, in fires raging across the Los Angeles area. Ruben Montes, 29, of Baldwin Park, was detained and arrested after firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a small brush fire in Irwindale, near Rivergrade Road and the 605 Freeway at about 12:30 p.m. local time. "While on scene, LACOFD personnel observed a suspect actively lighting