According to a firm that tracks power outages, three of the biggest wildfires this week broke out in the same regions where faults in the Los Angeles power grid surged.

According to Whisker Labs CEO Bob Marshall's interview with Fox News Digital, the firm saw a dramatic spike in defects in the hours leading up to the Eaton, Palisades, and Hurst Fires, as The New York Post reported.

According to Marshall, his company has a system of over 14,000 "ting" sensors spread out across Los Angeles that can detect and locate electrical arc defects.

Whisker Labs has achieved "extraordinary precision and accuracy" in its grid monitoring thanks to its network of residential sensors.

The Cause

When branches of trees brush up against cables or when wires sway in the wind and touch, problems ensue. The result is a spark in a defect, which can be detected, as Marshall stated.

Faulty electrical equipment catching fire, an unexpected spike in demand, or seismic activity are some potential reasons.

Santa Ana winds that were very strong were sweeping across Los Angeles when the flames broke out.

According to Marshall, there were 63 faults in the two to three hours leading up to the ignition of the fire in the Palisades area, which is the biggest of the fires that are presently blazing. In the first hour on Tuesday, 18 errors were recorded.

Fire Results

A total of 12,300 dwellings and structures have been set ablaze by the fire. Eleven individuals have lost their lives throughout the county, and officials fear the number will continue to grow.

"In the case of the Eaton Fire near Altadena, there's 317 grid faults that occurred in the hours preceding the ignition," Marshall said.

"And then in the Hurst Fire, there's about 230 faults that occurred that we measured on the sensor network."

He stated that on an average day, there are very few things that are wrong.

Known Fault Results

When fault sparks settle on the ground, they can light plants on fire, creating a visual metaphor for a match on the landscape. The fires are then quickly spread by the strong winds.

A spike in power grid faults may provide crucial evidence that may lead investigators to the cause of the devastating wildfires that have spread throughout Los Angeles.

"Importantly, what we cannot say is one of those is whether one of those faults caused the fire. We don't know that," Marshall said. "What we know from our data is that there were increasing faults in the grid in the area around where those fires ignited."

According to him, the data indicates that the power was not immediately disconnected as the faults rose: "But again, we can't say definitively at all whether one of those faults caused a fire. I do want to be very, very clear about that," he added.