New footage intensifies scrutiny on power company's role in the start of the Eaton Fire probe
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Investigators are delving deeper into the cause of the devastating fire that tore through Altadena, California. A newly discovered video raises further questions, potentially implicating a nearby power line.
Several indicators point to the origins of the deadly Eaton fire, which ignited shortly after 6 p.m. and tragically claimed 17 lives, in the brush-covered hillside interwoven with electrical lines in Eaton Canyon.
Southern California Edison, the utility responsible for the area's electrical infrastructure, asserts that they have no records of electrical failures in the vicinity, and that the three low-voltage distribution lines in the area had been de-energized well before the fire started.
Despite this, a growing body of evidence suggests that the fire began in the dry grasses below high-energy power lines that were battered by winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour.
A surveillance video from a gas station less than a mile south of the towers appears to support residents' accounts, showing flashes of light at 6:11 p.m. near three high-voltage electrical towers in Eaton Canyon, followed by flames.
The flashes' location, confirmed by The New York Times through photographs and videos taken from the same vantage point as the original footage, could be crucial in determining if the power lines played a role in igniting the deadliest of the ongoing fires in the Los Angeles area.
For more information , please refer to these sources:
- [New York Times: Eaton Fire Cause](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/us/los-angeles-eaton-fire-cause.html) - [Los Angeles Times: Live Updates on California Wildfires](https://www.latimes.com/california/live/la-fire-updates-floods-mud-rain-closure…) - [NBC News: California Wildfires Overview](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-wildfires-what-we-know-palisade…)