PG&E prepares to shut off power in Northern California in response to critical fire danger.
Mendocino, Shasta-Trinity and Six Rivers national forests, southwest of Redding. That blaze was 38% contained as of Friday morning.
Pacific Gas & Electric may cut power to nearly 97,000 customers in 15 counties this weekend to reduce the danger of fire from power lines downed by wind.as “hot and dry conditions, combined with expected high wind gusts, pose an increased risk for damage to the electric system that has the potential to ignite fires in areas with dry vegetation.”
The “potentially strong and dry offshore wind event” is expected to start early Sunday and last through Monday, according to PG&E. As a result, the utility said outages may become necessary in parts of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Kern, Lake, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Tehama and Yuba counties.
PG&E previously said potential outages were expected to affect only about 21,000 customers in parts of Butte, Plumas and Yuba counties, but greatly expanded that “based on updated weather forecasts that showed stronger wind gusts in a larger portion” of its service area, according
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