Power company's equipment may have caused California fire

Power company Southern California Edison is investigating whether its electrical equipment caused the Silverado fire that broke out on Monday.

Edison officials said in a filing with the Public Utilities Commission that a “lashing wire” attached to a third-party telecommunications line may have struck a primary conductor and caused the fire to start.

The fire has burned thousands of acres in Irvine, California, causing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.

Read more from the Los Angeles Times.