A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert,

One of California's largest utilities is to pay the US Forest Service $82.5 million for a wildfire that burned tens of thousands of acres of woodland.

Southern California Edison will pay a record-breaking price to settle a lawsuit alleging the utility sparked a massive blaze in Los Angeles County. Edison has agreed to pay $82.5 million, the largest settlement by the U.