PG&E says its equipment possibly linked to another fire
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Pacific Gas & Electric says its equipment may have been involved in the start of a small wildfire that merged with the massive Dixie Fire now threatening homes in Northern California mountains.
PG&E says investigators are examining a tree found on power lines in Plumas County where the Fly Fire began July 22. The smaller blaze combined with the larger Dixie Fire two days later.
PG&E told regulators last month that the Dixie Fire may have been ignited July 14 when a tree fell on another one of its power lines. PG&E equipment has been blamed for sparking some of the state’s deadliest wildfires.
In an effort to prevent wildfires, PG&E said it will move about 10,000 miles of power lines underground.
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The utility is also accused of sparking:
- Zogg Fire- 2020
- Kincade Fire- 2019
- Camp Fire- 2018
- Northern California fires- 2017
- Butte Fire- 2015
