LOS ANGELES — A California utility stated Thursday that its tools probably sparked a wildfire in Los Angeles that broke out the identical day as two huge blazes within the space killed not less than 29 individuals and destroyed hundreds of houses.
The admission by Southern California Edison over its probably function within the Hurst Fireplace, which didn’t destroy any buildings or end in any deaths, got here in a required submitting with state utility regulators. In a second submitting, the utility stated it’s wanting into whether or not an idle transmission line turned energized and probably sparked the lethal Eaton Fireplace, whereas nonetheless sustaining that there’s no proof that its tools was chargeable for beginning that blaze.
