An expert explains what survivors of the Palisades and Eaton fires should consider before joining a fire-related lawsuit.

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The details of the payouts are expected to be released later in the summer and come as the utility faces lawsuits over the possibility that its equipment sparked the fire.

The injury comes just a few months after Alijah Arenas was involved in a car crash and placed into a medically induced coma.

Officials say the fire is burning at a rapid rate of spread. It's caused a portion of the 71 freeway to close as of the afternoon.

Killed were Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood, 42, and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison, 52. Coeur d’Alene Fire Engineer David Tysdal, 47, was ...