Southern California Edison will begin its first close-up physical inspections of certain power equipment under investigation for possible links to the start of the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles early this year, Edison International CEO Pedro Pizarro told Reuters at the CERAWeek conference in Houston on Thursday.
Several fires broke out across Los Angeles on Jan. 7, claiming dozens of lives and destroying thousands of homes in what is expected to be the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.
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While no official cause