ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Eleven months after the Eaton Fire ripped through Altadena, the sister of one of the 19 people killed in the fire filed a lawsuit over her death.

Backed by lawyers with the group LA Fire Justice, Gerry Darden is suing Southern California Edison, their parent company and the tech company Genasys, which was contracted with Los Angeles County to send out evacuation notices to residents in the event of a fire.

The lawsuit contends Genasys warned people east of Lake Avenue but not those west of it, or at least not before it was too late.

"Everybody else that died, including Gerry's sister, is on the left side, the west side of Lake Avenue," LA Fire Justice attorney Mikal Watts told reporters. "As we put on our common sense hat, that is an impossibility unless so

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