LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison has agreed to pay $82.5 million to cover costs and damages from the 2020 Bobcat fire, what federal officials are calling a record settlement for one of the largest blazes in Los Angeles County.

Federal officials called it the ‘largest-ever wildfire cost recovery settlement by the United States in the Central District of California.’ Edison isn’t admitting fault under

Edison International’s Southern California utility agreed to pay $82.5 million to resolve US Forest Service claims over a 2020 fire in the Angeles National Forest.