By Amir Vera, Eric Levenson, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/us/california-fires-monday/index.html

Updated 11:41 PM ET, Mon October 26, 2020

California and southwest US under heightened fire risk02:25

(CNN)A wildfire that nearly quadrupled in size Monday, prompted tens of thousands of people to evacuate and caused two firefighters to suffer critical injuries may have been started by a power company’s equipment.Southern California Edison said a power line may have played a role in the ignition of the Silverado Fire — which has burned 7,200 acres near Irvine — a report filed with California Public Utilities Commission shows.The initial safety incident report describes overhead electrical facilities in the area where authorities think the fire started, but notes there was no activity on the circuit.”We reported the incident despite seeing no activity on the nearby 12-kV circuit nor any downed power lines because it appears that a lashing wire attached…