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Venice residents concerned about 'exploding' power lines behind homes, LADWP responds
Venice residents say power lines behind homes are repeatedly "exploding." In addition to causing prolonged outages, residents are worried the sparks could start fires. One of the "explosions" happened ...
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.
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Many of California’s Most Destructive Fires Were Caused by Power Lines
Some of the most destructive fires have been traced back to problems with utility poles and power lines. Roughly a dozen power line fires have burned more than 200,000 acres in areas northwest of ...
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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 ...
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Southern California Edison found irregularity weeks later with power lines near Eaton fire origin
Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire broke out near Altadena, Southern California Edison technicians monitored as the utility’s four active lines in the Eaton Canyon and Eagle Rock-Gould line ...
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Mayor renews call to replace fire-prone above-ground power lines in Laguna Canyon
Laguna Beach Mayor Alex Rounaghi called for the replacement of above-ground power lines — which have been linked to the cause of past wildfires — with underground infrastructure to reduce the ...