The Latest: Utility re-energized power line before fire

A Southern California utility that shut off power to tens of thousands of people to prevent wildfires says it restored electricity to a line minutes before another blaze exploded nearby. Southern California Edison says it began to re-energize a 16,000-thousand-volt circuit 13 minutes before flames broke out Thursday evening on a hilltop northwest of Los Angeles. The fire near Santa Paula was driven by gusts that lingered after calming elsewhere.

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