() Renowned civil rights lawyer Ben Crump is taking legal action in Altadena, California, where he has filed a third wrongful death lawsuit this week on behalf of residents who died in the Eaton fire.

Seventeen people died in Altadena, an unincorporated area north of Pasadena with a large working-class population, after the fire broke out earlier this month.

The lawsuits allege electric company Southern California Edison failed to turn off utilities despite dangerous conditions, leading to the deaths.

Crump’s firm, Ben Crump Law, filed the first wrongful death lawsuit to come out of the wildfires last week on behalf of the family of Evelyn McClendon, who died in the fire.

“The lives of the McClendon family were horribly devastated by the fires that swept through Altadena, a largely minority community,” Crump said in a Jan. 16 news release. “Besides their homes, they lost a beloved daughter and sister, who served the community as a school bus driver.”

McClendon’s mother and brother, who survived, lived next door, according to Crump.

“We don’t take it lightly: This responsibility of making sure that this Black angel, Evelyn McClendon, gets full justice and accountability,” Crump said at a news conference. “We don’t want anybody to marginalize her. We don’t want anybody to shortchange her.”

Another lawsuit, on behalf of the family of 83-year-old Erliene Kelley, details the company’s “failure to meet its safety obligations, including maintaining proper vegetation clearance and inspecting aging infrastructure.”

Kelley, a pharmacy technician, died in the Eaton fire.

“Ms. Kelley, described as the heart of her close-knit Altadena community, had lived in her family home since 1968. On the night of the fire, she was unable to evacuate due to blocked roads and fallen utility poles,” a Jan. 17 news release said. “Her home was consumed by flames, and her body was discovered in the rubble the following day.”

The third lawsuit, with co-counsel Anne Andrews, was announced Thursday. Lawyers from other firms and the NAACP have also filed lawsuits against Southern California Edison.

The Eaton fire was 95% contained as of Friday morning, according to CAL FIRE. It has destroyed nearly 10,000 structures and burned roughly 14,000 acres.

The nearby Pacific Palisades fire, which was 72% contained as of Friday morning, has also devastated the area, leading to additional deaths and 23,000 acres burned.