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Jul 19, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: PG&E says some of its equipment may have contributed to the start of the #DixieFire - which has burned thousands of acres and prompted evacuations near the site of the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in California history. @KQEDnews
In a preliminary report filed with state utility regulators - PGE says early on the morning the fire started, a dam it operates on the Feather River lost power. PG&E says a worker saw - from a distance - what he thought was a blown fuse on a nearby power line.