SCE said the fire was reported at approximately 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 7, and preliminary information shows the Eagle Rock-Sylmar circuit experienced a relay at 10:11 p.m. A downed powerline was ...

A group of Palisades fire victims allege that an energized LADWP electrical tower started a second ignition when it was knocked down at 10:30 p.m. on Jan. 7, approximately 12 hours after the fire ...

ignited in LADWP’s service territory, as did the Hurst Fire, a smaller blaze that originated in the San Fernando Valley near Sylmar. It is becoming more common across the West for utilities to ...

The Los Angeles County Office Probation department has confirmed that the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar is under evacuation warning as a result of the ongoing Hurst fire immediately north of ...

It says the LADWP told the Washington Post days after the fire began Jan. 7 that the line was not energized at the time of the blaze and had not been for the past five years. However, the agency ...