南加州一家电力公司周五表示，就在洛杉矶西北山顶附近发生野火的几分钟前，该公司已经给一条电线重新通电。
南加州爱迪生电力公司上周切断了数十万用户的电力供应，以防止野火，因为强风威胁到电力线路，NPR报告说。
一旦风力减弱，该公司告诉各州监管机构，周四晚上它恢复了文图拉县一条16，000伏线路的供电。但是仅仅13分钟后，下午6点14分左右，玛丽亚大火爆发了。然而，分包商表示，不知道是什么引起了这场大火，并补充说，它将与调查人员合作。
该公司发言人苏珊·考克斯告诉NPR:“虽然玛丽亚大火的确切来源不明，但分包商可以确认报道的玛丽亚大火地点在其服务区域内。”。
大火在第一个小时内迅速蔓延到大约750英亩。它现在已经烧毁了9000多英亩的土地，并对该地区大约10800人发出了强制疏散命令。
当局表示，大约1300名消防队员正在努力控制火势，然而，风向不稳定阻碍了灭火工作。
“这是一场艰苦的战斗，”文图拉县消防局局长马克·洛伦岑在新闻发布会上说，美联社报道。“我们发现风向开始改变，这本身就带来了挑战。”
该地区的民用无人驾驶飞机也阻碍了消防工作。
“今晚早些时候，有人在该地区驾驶无人驾驶航空系统，阻碍了我们的灭火努力，”文图拉县治安官比尔·阿尤布告诉NPR。“这造成了相当危险的局面。这不仅是非法的，而且阻碍了我们的灭火努力。”
据朝中社报道，官员称玛丽亚威胁到约2700座建筑，并已迫使几所学校和道路关闭。然而，即将到来的凉爽天气和风向的变化预计将阻止火势蔓延超过12，000英亩。
文图拉县目前正在燃烧的还有易燃物，它已经蔓延到1800多英亩，但80%被控制住了。此外，周五下午，索布兰特大火在洛杉矶东部的河边县爆发，燃烧了至少35英亩，哥伦比亚广播公司新闻报道。
总的来说，在过去的三周里，全州的野火已经烧毁了10多万英亩土地环境因素的完美风暴在许多领域，包括前所未有的大风事件、低空气湿度、温暖的空气温度和低燃料湿度。
2019年11月1日，玛丽亚大火在加利福尼亚州索米斯附近的山坡上燃烧，第一天晚上蔓延到8000英亩。
最大的火灾是巨大的金凯德大火，这场大火已经烧毁了索诺马县77，000多英亩土地，其中70%被控制住了。据报道，到目前为止，它已经摧毁了360多座建筑，并造成4人受伤，尽管还没有人员伤亡加州林业和消防部。
10月27日，加州州长加文·纽瑟姆宣布全州进入紧急状态，以应对火灾蔓延。
“我们正在部署所有可用资源，并在继续应对这些火灾时与众多机构进行协调。紧急疏散区的人们必须注意官员和第一反应者的警告，并在我们扑灭这些火灾时拥有他们需要的当地和州资源在一份声明中说。
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SAYS MARIA FIRE IGNITED 13 MINUTES AFTER IT RE-ENERGIZED NEARBY POWER LINE
Apower company in Southern California said on Friday that it had re-energized a power line just minutes before a wildfire ignited nearby on a hilltop northwest of Los Angeles.
Southern California Edison (SCE) had cut off power to hundreds of thousands of customers last week in an effort to prevent wildfires as strong winds threatened to down power lines, NPR reported.
Once winds had died down, the company told state regulators that it restored power to one 16,000 volt line in Ventura County on Thursday evening. But just 13 minutes later at around 6:14 p.m., the Maria fire erupted. Nevertheless, SCE said it did not know what had caused the blaze and added that it will cooperate with investigators.
"While the exact origin of the Maria Fire is unknown, SCE can confirm that the reported location of the Maria Fire is within its service territory," company spokeswoman Susan Cox told NPR.
The fire quickly spread to cover around 750 acres within the first hour. It has now burned an area of more than 9,000 acres and mandatory evacuation orders have been issued for around 10,800 people in the area.
Authorities say that approximately 1,300 firefighters are working to contain the blaze, however, efforts have been hampered by erratic winds, which have been shifting in direction.
"It has been an uphill battle," Ventura County Fire Chief Mark Lorenzen told a press conference, The Associated Press reported. "We are finding that the winds are starting to change, and that presents its own challenges all by itself."
Firefighting efforts have also been hindered by the presence of a civilian drone in the area.
"Earlier this evening, our firefighting aerial efforts were hampered by someone flying an unmanned aerial system in the area," Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub told NPR. "This created quite a dangerous situation. Not only is it illegal, but it hampers our firefighting efforts."
Officials say that Maria is threatening around 2,700 structures, and has already forced the closure of several schools and roads, KCLU reported. However, incoming cooler weather and a change in the wind is expected to stop the fire growing more than 12,000 acres.
Also currently burning in Ventura County is the Easy Fire, which has spread to more than 1,800 acres but is 80 percent contained. Furthermore, on Friday afternoon, the Sobrante fire broke out in Riverside County, east of Los Angeles, burning at least 35 acres, CBS News reported.
In total, wildfires across the state have burned more than 100,000 acres in the past three weeks, fueled by a perfect storm of environmental factors in many areas, including unprecedented high wind events, low air humidity, warm air temperatures and low fuel moisture.
The Maria Fire burns on a hillside as it expanded to 8,000 acres on its first night on November 1, 2019 near Somis, California.
The largest of the blazes is the huge Kincade Fire, which has burned more than 77,000 acres in Sonoma County and is 70 percent contained. So far it has destroyed more than 360 structures and injured four people, although there have been no reported fatalities, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.
On October 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a statewide emergency in response to the spread of the fires.
"We are deploying every resource available, and are coordinating with numerous agencies as we continue to respond to these fires. It is critical that people in evacuation zones heed the warnings from officials and first responders, and have the local and state resources they need as we fight these fires," Governor Newsom said in a statement.
