The County of Los Angeles and city of Pasadena filed separate lawsuits against Southern California Edison Wednesday over the deadly Eaton Fire, alleging the utility's electrical equipment caused the wildfire.

The county says electrical equipment owned by the electric utility is to blame for the blaze that killed 17 people and destroyed 9,400 buildings.

The lawsuit blames SCE’s equipment for triggering the deadly blaze that cut a mammoth swath of damage through the unincorporated community of Altadena.