This is the third time in as many months that strong Santa Ana winds have prompted Southern California Edison to cut power to its customers over fire risk.
The map below, courtesy of Southern California Edison's Outage Map ... The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the area due to strong winds, low humidity, and high temperatures ...
The Palisades Fire began Tuesday morning; the reported area of origin is not in Southern California Edison’s service area. The Eaton Fire began Tuesday afternoon in SCE’s service area.
Those outages, however, are not represented in The Times' map. In total, more than 413,000 Southern California Edison customers ... "SCE will restore service as soon as it is safe to do so." ...