‘Electrical event’ involving SCE power line caused destructive 2022 fire in Laguna Niguel, OCFA report claims

An “unspecified electrical event involving an Edison power line” caused the Coastal fire, which destroyed 20 homes and damaged 11 others in a Laguna Niguel neighborhood in 2022, according to an incident investigation report from the Orange County Fire Authority and Cal Fire recently obtained by the Southern California News Group.
Fire investigators deemed that the fire was “unintentional” in the March 2024 report, adding that sparks from overhead electrical equipment igni