Power company Southern California Edison says it may be responsible for starting last year's Woolsey Fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures, injured three firefighters and killed three people as it raged near Malibu
"Absent additional evidence, SCE believes it is likely that its equipment was associated with the ignition of the Woolsey Fire," the statement said. Los Angeles County firefighters look on as the out of control Woolsey Fire explodes behind a house in the West Hills neighborhood.The Woolsey Fire, which started nearly a year ago on November 8, destroyed more than 1,600 structures, injured three firefighters and killed three people as it raged near Malibu.
The company said it did not find evidence of downed electrical wires at the suspected origin point of the fire, but it did report an outage on its electrical system near that point and found a pole support wire close to an electrical wire that was energized before that reported outage.Read MoreA witness reported seeing fire near the equipment around that time, the company said.
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