Paul P Murphy, CNN
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Paul P Murphy, CNN
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Reporter. Red Sox fan.
Southern California Edison re: transmissions lines:
“SCE’s distribution lines immediately to the west of Eaton Canyon were de-energized well before the reported start time of the fire, as part of SCE’s Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) program. SCE is currently conducting a review of the event.”
January 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
What's in the area where the Eaton Fire started?
- Hiking trails
- Two major power transmission lines for Southern California Edison (220kV and 66kV). CNN reached out to SCE for comment but didn't immediately get a response.
January 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What's in the area where the Palisades Fire started?
- Hiking trails, including the Temescal Ridge trail
- No major power transmission lines, but a CNN review of recent Temescal Ridge trail imagery shows a small overhead power line is in the area. CNN reached out to LADWP but no response yet.
January 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is a Maxar Technologies sat image with SWIR that shows the Palisade fire this morning at 1045a.

Anything in orange is on fire. The coast/PCH is on the bottom.
January 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
This is a Maxar Technologies sat image with SWIR that shows the Palisade fire this morning at 1045a.

Anything in orange is on fire. The coast/PCH is on the bottom.
January 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
It does.
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It’s my reporting so I am said resource.
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Without the ability to access the site and gather evidence from the ground, no conclusion can be definitive.

An independent, on-the-ground, investigation is needed.
October 21, 2023 at 9:39 PM
After CNN shared the locations of the camps, the IDF said they would no longer comment on it saying that it involved "complex analysis of intelligence at the same time that we are fighting a war." But that they would investigate the topic, along with others, at the end of the Gaza war.
October 13, 2023 at 1:09 AM
At the camps, Hamas + affiliates trained in paragliders, blowing gates and storming compounds -- all things they used during the October 7 attacks.

The IDF first told CNN that the camps were "nothing new" and that Hamas had many camps that they had targeted in the past.
October 13, 2023 at 1:09 AM