LATEST: Southern California braces for more fire weather as Maria Fire torches over 9,000 acres.
More than 500 firefighters in Ventura County were still working the blaze,which as of Saturday morning was 20 percent contained.
Mandatory evacuations remained in place for the fire on South Mountain and in Santa Paula, but a few orders had been lifted as the fire continued to move. Southern California Edison said in a statement late on Friday that the Maria fire appeared to have started at 6:13 p.m. on Thursday on South Mountain, a productive oil field near the city of Santa Paula.
The company said it would cooperate with investigators, noting that 13 minutes prior to the fire it had re-energized a circuit in the area that had been shut off in an effort to mitigate the wildfires sweeping across California. "The company’s top priority is the safety of customers, employees and communities, which is why we continue to enhance our wildfire mitigation efforts through grid hardening, situational awareness and enhanced operational practices," spokeswoman Susan Cox said in a statement.
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