A flying branch likely sparked the Getty fire when it crashed onto nearby power lines on Sepulveda Boulevard.
The branch likely broke off during high wind conditions and landed on the power lines, causing sparks and arcing to ignite a nearby bush, according to an investigation by the Los Angeles Fire Department Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section.
This post was updated Oct. 29 at 12:21 a.m.
Raven Bedewyi woke up to four calls from her mother telling her there was a fire 2 miles away.
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