PG&E said faulty power lines may have sparked 2 California wildfires by rachsandl
The Kincade fire in Sonoma County, California, has burned through 66,000 acres and was 5% contained: The beleaguered Pacific Gas & Electric Company said in a state filing on Monday that its power lines may have started two smaller wildfires in Northern California over the weekend, creating yet another problem for the utility since it already admitted to being responsible for other wildfires across the state and is currently contending with declining public confidence, bankruptcy and a...
In two incident reports released Monday, PG&E said that a broken wire and a downed pole on a transformer may have caused two wildfires in Lafayette, California, on Sunday. The fires are among a dozen that have been scorching areas of both Northern and Southern California over the past week due to powerful winds and dry conditions, causing nearly 200,000 to evacuate their homes.
No one was injured in the fires, but one damaged the main building and destroyed two outbuildings at the Lafayette Tennis Club, thePG&E had not shut off power in the areas of Lafayette where the fires started, despite cutting off electricity to millions of residents in other areas in an attempt to prevent wildfires from sparking, according to theThe new reports come after the company said last week that its equipment malfunctioned moments before the Kincade fire began, although the exact...
The Kincade fire in California’s wine country, which is about two hours north of San Francisco, is currently the largest of the dozen fires burning throughout the state.: Over the last three years, California has been devastated by wildfires that have razed entire towns, scorched people’s homes and killed hundreds.
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