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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against the owners and operators of Arizuma Country Estates connected to a five-week power outage during the summer of 2024.
The community is home to residents living in recreational vehicles and park model homes. The power outage started after an overloaded electrical panel caught fire on July 22, 2024, and “then persisted during one of the hottest periods of the year, exposing the affected residents to dangerous and inadequate living conditions,” according to a release f