Los Angeles’s main utility company will compensate victims of January’s deadly Eaton wildfire – even though investigators have yet to determine whether the company’s equipment sparked the blaze.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Southern California Edison announced the establishment of the Wildfire Recovery Compensation Program, a voluntary fund it developed in consultation with Kenneth R Feinberg and Camille S Biros, the duo who designed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.