UPDATE: INVESTIGATION FINDS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON EQUIPMENT CAUSED DEADLY EATON FIRE IN LOS ANGELES. (PHOTO).
Investigation finds Southern California Edison equipment caused deadly Eaton Fire in Los Angeles The 2025 Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which killed 19 people and destroyed or damaged more than 9,000 homes and businesses, was caused by equipment owned by Southern California Edison, according to fire officials. A report released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department concluded that the blaze began after electrical arcing from an out-of-service Edison transmission tower ignited the fire. Investigators said they spent 18 months reviewing evidence and consulting electrical and metallurgical experts before determining the cause. The Eaton Fire erupted on Jan. 7, 2025, alongside the devastating Palisades Fire and burned nearly 22 square miles before firefighters fully contained it weeks later. Southern California Edison has faced multiple lawsuits related to the fire and has argued that local agencies contributed to the disaster by failing to issue timely evacuation warning...
According to sources,one 18 years old commercial motorcyclist,Mohammed Hassan has been sentenced to six months in prison for stealing a mobile phone valued at N1,500 and escaping from police custody.During his arraignment on January 6 by the police at a Lagos State Magistrate's Court in Igbosere,Hassan pleaded guilty to committing both offences contrary to Sections 285 and 106 of the Criminal Law of Law State,2011.Prosecuting police officer,Ester Adesulu,had told th court that on January 2 at about 5:10pm,Hassan stole one Slok Phone valued at N1,500 property of one Halima Sanni,at shop 6,POWA Market,Obalende Police Barracks,Lagos.She said that two days later at about 5:30pm at Onikan Police Station,South West Ikoyi,Hassan escaped from the custody of Inspector Theresa Obasi.Hassan who hails from Jimata local government area of Adamastate,came to Lagos in October 2015 and works as commercial motor cyclist.He went to the complainant's shop to buy jean trousers but met no one there.He saw the phone,took it but was caught by the shop owner,who returned as he was leaving the place.
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