The master lawsuit in the Palisades fire has added several new defendants who are being blamed for overgrown brush, toppled wooden power poles, natural gas explosions and a lack of water, all contributing to the mammoth blaze.

The lawsuit, originally naming the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, now also is taking aim at the Getty Villa, SoCalGas, Southern California Edison, Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, three communications companies and others.

“The Palisades fire was the result of a cascading series of failures by multiple utilities and public agencies,” said Alexander Robertson, one of the attorneys in the case. “The 10,000 victims deserve to have their day in court to prove their case against all of the defendants which contributed to the worst urban conflagration i

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