Southern California Edison is examining the role of an idle transmission line near the area where the fire started.

Edison International’s utility said it is looking at whether a decommissioned power line started the Eaton wildfire as part of a probe into the cause of the blaze that razed more than 9,000 structures near Los Angeles.

A California power company is probing equipment irregularities as a possible cause to the deadly Eaton Fire that erupted last month and destroyed thousands of homes. Southern California Edison Company said video evidence appearing to show two flashes of light near Eaton Canyon led the utility corporation to examine whether its electrical system ignited the devastating blaze on Jan.

Southern California Edison said in a filing submitted to state utility regulators Thursday that its equipment likely started the Hurst Fire in Sylmar last month. The utility

A California utility company said its equipment may have sparked a Los Angeles wildfire on the same day that two additional blazes ravaged the state and killed at least 29 individuals, according

California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of the Hurst Fire, which burned alongside the Eaton and Palisades fires during January’s Los Angeles firestorms.