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Bobcat Wildfire May Have Been Sparked By Utility Company Equipment

Southern California Edison says federal investigators have asked for a section of overhead conductor.
Posted at 8:01 PM, Sep 24, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-24 20:01:08-04

A huge, destructive wildfire near Los Angeles may have been sparked by a utility company's equipment. 

Southern California Edison says federal investigators have asked for a section of overhead conductor from a transmission facility in the area where the Bobcat Fire started two weeks ago. Edison says its equipment in that area reported an issue five minutes before the first report of a fire.

Firefighters are finally starting to get a handle on the blaze, but thousands are still under evacuation orders.