Southern California Edison equipment may have sparked the blazing Silverado Fire near Irvine, Calif., the utility said in an Oct. 26 report to the California Public Utilities Commission.
The report says some of the utility’s overhead electrical facilities are located in the Silverado Fire’s origin area. “However, it appears that a lashing wire that was attached to an underbuilt telecommunication line may have contacted SCE’s overhead primary conductor which may have resulted in the ignition of the fire,” the report says.