![]() PG&E announces it will bury 10,000 miles of power lines to help reduce wildfire risk Smoke rises from the Dixie Fire burning along Highway 70 in Plumas National Forest, Calif., on Friday, July 16, 2021. “We believe the settlement will assist in allowing all parties to move forward from the fire, and permit us to focus on compensating victims and making our energy system safer,” the statement added. The statement went on to say the company accepted Cal Fire’s finding that a PG&E transmission line caused the Kincade fire, but “disagree with SED’s (CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division) alleged violations.” “We will continue our work to make it safe and make it right, both by resolving claims stemming from past fires and through our work to make our system safer tomorrow than it is today,” PG&E said in a statement about the Kincade settlement. ![]() Dry vegetation, strong winds, and warm temperatures accelerated the flames, which destroyed 374 structures and injured four people, according to Cal Fire. Last month, the utility was fined $125 million for its role in the 2019 Kincade Fire in Sonoma County as part of a settlement with the California Public Utilities Commission.Ĭal Fire determined the fire was caused by PG&E’s transmission lines. Pacific Gas & Electric fined $125 million for 2019 Kincade Fire ![]() The Kincade Fire ravaged Sonoma County, California in October 2019. In 2020, PG&E pleaded guilty to 85 counts, including involuntary manslaughter and unlawfully starting the Camp Fire, the deadliest fire in the state’s history. PG&E has faced scrutiny in recent years over its equipment’s role in a spate of deadly and destructive California fires. CNN reached out to the district attorney’s office for comment. The Dixie Fire investigative report was sent to the Butte County District Attorney’s Office, Cal Fire said. “Regardless of today’s finding, we will continue to be tenacious in our efforts to stop fire ignitions from our equipment and to ensure that everyone and everything is always safe,” PG&E said. “Taking a bold step forward, PG&E has committed to burying 10,000 miles of lines in addition to the mitigations included in PG&E’s 2021 Wildfire Mitigation Plan,” the utility said. PG&E, in a statement, said the tree was one of more than 8 million within strike distance of its power lines. ![]() Investigators conducted a “meticulous and thorough” investigation and determined the fire was caused by a tree contacting power lines owned and operated by PG&E located west of Cresta Dam in Plumas County, Cal Fire said in a news release Tuesday. Several firefighters were injured while working to contain the massive swath of flames. The wildfire destroyed 1,329 structures, including much of the small community of Greenville, about 170 miles north of Sacramento. 'We lost Greenville': Dixie Fire wipes out much of Northern California community (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP) (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images) Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images ![]() Officials in northern California on Augwarned residents of two communities in the path of the raging Dixie fire to evacuate immediately as high winds whipped the flames onwards. The Dixie fire burned through dozens of homes and businesses in downtown Greenville and continues to forge towards other residential communities. TOPSHOT - Firefighters work the scene as a home is engulfed in flames during the Dixie fire in Greenville, California on August 4, 2021. ![]()
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