Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
No official causes yet for LA fires, but utilities have a deadly history of sparking blazes. Cut the power and bury the lines ...
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Power lines? Old embers? Arson? Investigators, experts, amateurs look for cause of L.A. fires
Investigators are looking into whether downed Southern California Edison equipment ignited the Hurst fire near Sylmar ... of Water and Power — to either cut power to lines amid the high winds ...
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SoCal Edison Equipment Likely Sparked Hurst Fire in Sylmar, Ongoing Investigation into Deadly Eaton Fire
SoCal Edison's equipment might have sparked the Hurst Fire in Sylmar, as the utility investigates potential role in the Eaton ...
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What would it cost to bury all of California’s power lines?
Recent wildfires in California are sparking debates on potential utility culpability, leading many people to ask the simple ...
LA fires: SoCal Edison says equipment likely caused Hurst Fire
New regulatory filing shows power line surges, problems during high winds, including at a transmission tower near start of ...
SoCal Edison probing whether idled electrical line sparked Eaton Fire
Southern California Edison told state regulators Thursday that it’s investigating whether a line it had previously shut off may have played a role in sparking the Eaton Fire above Altadena.
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Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which serves communities impacted by the Palisades Fire, and which co-owns major transmission lines in the Sylmar transmission corridor, is not required ...
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Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
Residents in the Los Angeles County community of Sylmar said they once again heard popping noises ... parts of Los Angeles — the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire —power lines are once again at the ...