California's Pacific Gas and Electric power company is responsible for the devastating 2018 Camp Fire — a blaze that killed 85 people & destroyed thousands of structures — according to investigators with the California Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection
CAL Fire said in a news release on Wednesday that electrical lines owned and operated by PG&E started the fire early November 8."The tinder dry vegetation and Red Flag conditions consisting of strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures promoted this fire and caused extreme rates of spread, rapidly burning" through parts of California, CAL Fire said.PG&E thinks its equipment started wildfires.
" In April the company said it was "probable" that its equipment started the Camp Fire."We have not been able to form a conclusion as to whether a second fire ignited as a result of vegetation contact with PG&E electrical distribution lines, as CAL Fire also determined," the company said Wednesday."PG&E is fully cooperating with all ongoing investigations concerning the Camp Fire.
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