Did an idle power line reenergize and spark the Eaton Fire?
Visual evidence shows recent electrical damage on a utility tower that has been out of commission since the 1970s.
Power line had increase in current on day of Eaton Fire, California utility says
High-voltage power lines saw a temporary surge in electrical current in the area where the deadly Eaton Fire is believed to ...
Power Company Finds Irregularities in Equipment Where Eaton Fire Started
Southern California Edison said video evidence had led it to look more broadly at whether its equipment might have been the ...
Flashes Then Flames: New Video of Eaton Fire Raises More Questions for Power Company
Investigators are still trying to determine what started a fire that raged through Altadena, Calif. A new video appears to show sparking on a power line near the origin of the blaze.
Utility Probes Connection Between L.A.’s Deadly Eaton Fire, Inactive Power Line
Southern California Edison is examining the role of an idle transmission line near the area where the fire started.
USA Today21 天
Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
As California residents grapple for answers in the wake of a massive firestorm event in which two major blazes ravaged parts of Los Angeles — the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire —power lines are ...
The Washington Post21 天
Costly wildfires imperil utilities accused of causing the spark
Videos and photographs from eyewitnesses show fire sparking under two steel power transmission towers ... in Altadena and beyond. But the high-voltage lines were built to resist such weather ...
ABC729 天
Cause of Eaton Fire may be downed power line, witness says
He rushed to his property overlooking Eaton Canyon when his mother told him she saw the power lines sparking ... which operates high voltage power lines in Eaton Canyon. When asked about the ...