Millions of people across Southern California faced frightening new wildfire warnings Tuesday and tens of thousands saw their power shut off as strong winds blew across the parched landscape around Los Angeles where two massive blazes have been burning for a week.

Weary and anxious from a week of massive blazes burning around Los Angeles, Southern California residents faced dire new wildfire warnings and power shutoffs Tuesday while they prepared to flee at a moment's notice as fire-fueling winds blasted across the scarred landscape.

Altadena residents said in separate lawsuits that the utility’s electrical equipment had sparked the fire, which grew to consume 14,000 acres.

The court filings blame the utility for the fire despite the fact that the blaze's cause is still under investigation.

Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, was hit on Monday with multiple lawsuits claiming its electrical equipment started one of the major wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area,