Decoding the Cal Fire Report: What It Means & What Happens Next
Does the Cal Fire report mean PG&E will increase its rates? Why should PG&E be blamed for the fires, when they were caused by exceedingly high winds?
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CAL FIRE Investigators Determine Causes of 12 Wildfires in Mendocino, Humboldt, Butte, Sonoma, Lake, and Napa Counties
“After extensive and thorough investigations, CAL FIRE investigators have determined that 12 Northern California wildfires in the October 2017 Fire Siege were caused by electric power and distribution lines, conductors and the failure of power poles.”
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CAL FIRE Investigators Determine Cause of Four Wildfires in Butte and Nevada Counties
“After extensive and thorough investigations, CAL FIRE investigators have determined that four Northern California wildfires in last year’s October Fire Siege were caused by trees coming into contact with power lines.”
Read the full text of the CAL FIRE NEWS RELEASE below.
Sonoma, Napa, and Mendocino Counties File Lawsuits Against PG&E
According to Sonoma County’s lawsuit,
“the Wine Country Fires started when electrical infrastructure owned, operated and maintained by PG&E . . . came into contact with vegetation that PG&E was obligated to have inspected and maintained but failed to do so in a manner that would have prevented or mitigated the effects of such contact.”
