Edison knew before Eaton fire that cutting power risked igniting blaze, records show
Southern California Edison was warned in 2022 that an emergency shutdown could overload power lines that run through Eaton ...
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Eaton Investing $340 Million to Increase Production of Three-Phase Transformers
Power management company Eaton announced a $340 million investment to increase U.S. production of its three-phase ...
Crushed by boulders, drowned in mud: How debris flows endanger LA’s fire-ravaged communities
Areas scarred by the Eaton Fire are at “high to very high risk” of debris flows this week. How do they happen? What is being ...
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Eaton Invests $340M in Transformer Manufacturing to Power Data Centers
Intelligent power management company Eaton (NYSE:ETN) is helping address the shortage of transformers and record demand for ...
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Lesson Learned From Eaton and the Risk of Wildfires Spread by Transmission Lines
With the devastating wildfires near Los Angeles nearly 100% contained, Enverus Intelligence Research has released a report ...
Power Company Finds Irregularities in Equipment Where Eaton Fire Started
Southern California Edison said video evidence had led it to look more broadly at whether its equipment might have been the ...
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Residents rush to get right-of-entry approval for debris cleanup in Palisades, Eaton fire areas
More than 600 right-of-entry forms have been submitted so far by residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by the Palisades or Eaton fire — allowing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to ...
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Electrical tower a focus as Eaton Fire's potential origin after video clues emerge
The four transmission lines in the area where the Eaton Fire is believed to have started are part of the backbone of a larger delivery system. "You can't isolate this decision to this one line ...
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All 17 deaths in Eaton Fire were in a zone where evacuation orders took hours to arrive
Within a half-hour of a fire igniting on an Eaton Canyon hillside in the afternoon ... but our notification system should have been going off long before they were,” Altadena Town Councilmember ...
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LA County wants probe into delayed evacuation alerts in Eaton fire area where 17 died
Two Los Angeles County supervisors are calling for a third-party investigation into the county’s emergency alert system in light of the discovery that all 17 confirmed deaths from the Eaton fire ...
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Evacuation Orders Given Late to Area Where Fire Deaths Were Concentrated
All 17 people who died in the Eaton fire lived in an area where evacuation orders came hours later than others, even as homes nearby were already burning. Some people never received warnings at all.
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Investigation ordered into emergency alert system during Eaton Fire
L.A. County supervisor Kathryn Barger is demanding an independent investigation into possible errors with electronic emergency alerts during the deadly Eaton Fire. Up Next in news At least 76 people ...