Orange County Reaches $4.5 Million Settlement with T-Mobile Over Silverado Fire

Orange County officials have reached a $4.5 million settlement agreement with telecommunications giant T-Mobile for its role in igniting the devastating Silverado Fire that burned through more than 14,000 acres of land in October 2020. The decision is finalized this week by the Orange County Board of Supervisors, marking another chapter in the legal and financial fallout from one of Southern California’s most destructive wind-driven wildfires in recent years.

The Silverado Fire erupted in Silverado Canyon on October 26, 2020, during a period of extreme fire danger fueled by intense Santa Ana winds that reached. . .