PG&E lines blamed for deadliest wildfire in California history
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - State fire investigators have determined that transmission lines owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co caused the deadliest and most destructive wildfire on record in California, a blaze that killed 85 people last year, officials said on Wednesday.
The wind-driven blaze, dubbed the Camp Fire, erupted in the drought-parched Sierra foothills 175 miles (280 km) north of San Francisco in November 2018 and raced with little warning through the town of Paradise, incinerating much of that community.
Nearly 19,000 homes and other structures were destroyed, and the death toll of 85 civilians stands as the greatest loss of life from a single wildfire in California history. Several firefighters were injured.
Cal Fire "has determined that the Camp Fire was caused by electrical transmission lines owned and operated" by PG&E near the small riverfront community of Pulga, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Paradise in Butte County, the agency said in a statement.
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Deregulation means fewer inspections which means faulty equipment which means that if said equipment malfunctions you can die in a fire, in a plane crash, from food poisoning, I can go on and on.
Until we kick our corporate masters in the ass, expect things to remain the same or even get worse. 
