PG&E reports power line problem in Butte County near time and place where wildfire sparked

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Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has informed state officials one of its power lines in Butte County suffered an outage at about the time that county’s devastating Camp Fire ignited in the hills near the town of Pulga.

Cal Fire officials have not disclosed a cause for the Camp Fire, which by Friday night had consumed more than 90,000 acres, destroyed more than 6,700 buildings and caused a reported nine deaths.

However, PG&E submitted a report Thursday to the California Public Utilities Commission about an outage at a 115-kilovolt line on Pulga Road in Butte County at 6:15 a.m. that day, and noted that the site was near the Camp Fire.

Cal Fire has listed Pulga Road as the Camp Fire starting point.

PG&E officials declined to comment. However, in a public statement, PG&E wrote that customer safety is its No. 1 issue and that the fire’s cause remains undetermined.

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/fires/article221448500.html#storylink=cpy

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1. PG&E wrote that customer safety is its No. 1 issue

Make that "share holder profits" are number 1!