More than a dozen Ventura County residents are suing the Southern California Edison Company. The residents claim that negligent construction work by Edison crews started the 281,000-acre Thomas Fire outside Santa Paula on December 4th.
The "Ventura County Star" reports three lawsuits have been filed in Ventura Superior Court. They were filed on behalf of residents whose homes In Ventura, Santa Paula and Ojai were either destroyed or damaged by the fire.