Southern California Edison began accepting claims Wednesday, Oct. 29, for its Eaton fire compensation program after expanding the number of victims eligible to receive payment and increasing the amounts given to children.

The changes were made after SCE heard from more than 1,000 people on a draft protocol released in September for the compensation program, which is designed as an alternative to litigation. More than 100 lawsuits blame SCE’s equipment for igniting the monstrous blaze in January that destroyed or damaged more than 9,000 structures and killed 19 people.

Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International, the parent company of SCE, said in an interview with Southern California News Group that the compensation program is not an admission of guilt, but an effort to ge

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