The Associated Press story says that in their report on the huge Eaton fire, “Los Angeles County fire officials” say it “was caused by electrical arcing on [Southern California Edison’s] out-of-service tower …”
Looks like “out-of-service” doesn’t mean what you would think. What does it mean, here?
Maybe it wasn’t out-of-service before, but it is now?
This New York Times article says
For months, the utility and lawyers for customers had suspected that an inactive line might have been responsible for the Eaton fire. Even when out of service, the lines, sometimes referred to as “zombie” lines, can act as a conductor, picking up energy from active high-voltage lines nearby.