Did a PG&E Power Line Spark the Second-Largest Fire in California History?

[babylonsister]

19 hours ago
Did a PG&E Power Line Spark the Second-Largest Fire in California History?
As the Dixie Fire wipes out an entire town and continues to rage, a federal judge orders the utility company to disclose information.


On Sunday, the Dixie Fire, a three-week-old blaze that has ravaged more than 463,000 acres and forced thousands of people from their homes, became the second-largest fire in California history. Eight people have been reported missing so far, and the mountain town of Greenville has been mostly destroyed.

Now, a federal judge wants to know whether Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), the state’s largest utility company, played a role in starting the fire.

On late Friday night, US District Judge William Alsup, who oversees PG&E’s probation for its role in the San Bruno gas explosion in 2010, ordered the utility to provide inspection information on a tree that fell on a power line where the Dixie Fire started. He also asked the utility to disclose information about vegetation and equipment in the area. “PG&E’s responses will not be deemed as an admission by PG&E that it caused any fire, but they will serve as a starting point for discussion,” Alsup wrote.

PG&E, which was aware of the judge’s order, has indicated in electric incident reports filed to the California Public Utilities Commission that its equipment may have sparked the Dixie Fire, though no official cause has been determined. The utility company announced it would bury 10,000 miles of power lines in the coming years in high-risk fire areas.

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https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/did-a-pge-power-line-spark-the-second-largest-fire-in-california-history/

[AllaN01Bear]

1. already started where i live . looks like pacific grift and extortion is getting the screws

tightned.

[sabbat hunter]

2. They will just declare

Chapter 11 again.....