More than 170,000 Southern California Edison customers were without power as of late afternoon Friday as multiple fires and extreme winds have led to outages throughout the week. The utility ...

Customers experiencing a loss of power in a striped area of the Public Safety Power Shutoff online map at SCE’s website are expected to have their power back around 11:59 p.m. Wednesday.

This is the third time in as many months that strong Santa Ana winds have prompted Southern California Edison to cut power to its customers over fire risk.

There are also several outage areas along Highway 243, according to the SCE Outage Map web page. The utility takes the cut-off action when wind conditions endanger public safety by creating ...

SCE concedes in the filing that a conductor failure occurred near the origin of the fire, causing damaged equipment to fall to the ground at the base of a tower.

"To date, no fire agency has suggested that SCE's electric facilities were involved in the ignition or requested the removal and retention of any SCE equipment," SoCal Edison wrote in its report.

Edison International (EIX) provided the following update on Southern California wildfires and SCE power outages: “Extreme winds and dangerous fires fueled by strong winds have created life ...

The agency had not returned calls seeking comment at the time of publication. Residents can check on power outage updates online at SCE’s outage map and LADWP’s power outage map.