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Company records uncovered by The Times show that Edison knew some of its towers at and near the likely ignition point were fire hazards.

A Times investigation has found Edison knew that some of its towers at and near the likely ignition point were fire hazards.

The area was about 2½ miles from the fire’s ignition point.

The company had also detected a fault the day of the fire on its Eagle Rock-Gould line, about five circuit miles from the suspected ignition point, which caused an increase of current across transmission lines.

Near the ignition point of the Hurst fire, the utility company reported that “hardware supporting the insulator string for the top phase bundled conductors separated and caused the top phase to fall on the middle phase resulting in both falling to the ground at the base of Tower 6.”