California utility Pacific Gas & Electric has admitted that its equipment failures were likely the cause of the Camp fire in November 2018 ― the state’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire. In an earnings release on Thursday, PG&E said the company “believes it is probable that its equipment will be determined to be an ignition point” of the Camp fire. The blaze ignited near a tower on one of PG&E’s transmission lines, per the release. The fire started minutes after the transmission line de-energized, and a company employee saw flames near the tower around the time Cal Fire said the blaze started Nov. 8. Later that day, PG&E found damage on the transmission line at the tower.

Source: Huffington Post March 01, 2019 20:48 UTC