The deadly Eaton Fire that tore through the hills of for several days in January may have been started by a defunct 'zombie' power line - one that was no longer carrying electricity or even connected to the grid.
Southern Edison is now scrambling to determine whether the idle transmission line which sparked the fire that destroyed the neighborhood of Altadena, where 17 people lost their lives, somehow reawakened in the night.
Scientists believe that a phenomenon known as induction whereby a current is formed through electromagnetic force that is generated by other high-voltage transmission lines running close by.
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