SCE begins removing idle power line that may have sparked Eaton fire

Southern California Edison this week is taking down an idle transmission line that has become the central figure in the internal investigation into the cause of the monster Eaton fire.
SCE is collaborating with attorneys suing the utility to analyze the Mesa-Sylmar line, which has been idle for more than 50 years but is suspected of becoming reenergized in the high winds and sparking the fire that tore through Altadena.
SCE lowered workers from a helicopter down to the the conductors on idle tra