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“A hydrated plant is absorbing radiant heat up until the point of ignition, and then it’s part of the progression of the fire,” said Moritz.

Hundreds of drones could be continuously patrolling, able to detect fires within minutes of ignition.

Edison said in a federal securities filing this week that “absent additional evidence, SCE believes that it is likely that its equipment could be found to have been associated with the ignition.”

Law enforcement officials used witness statements, video surveillance, cellphone data, and analysis of fire dynamics and patterns to determine that Rinderknecht was responsible for the initial ignition, prosecutors said.

Second: Techniques to prevent fire ignitions in the first place, such as deploying arson watch teams on high-wind days.