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This wildfire season, aging power infrastructure may leave parts of California dark
California wildfires have been brutal recently. The worst in a century was last November’s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and largely destroyed the town of Paradise. State investigators have confirmed a Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line caused the…
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How scientists are trying to predict wildfire movement
It’s been six months since the most deadly and destructive wildfire in California history, the Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and burned 19,000 structures in November 2018. But even at the peak of the inferno, some scientists moved toward…
National Guard to help protect California towns from wildfires
California is pulling the troops away from President Donald Trump's border protection efforts and devoting them to fire protection.
PG&E says its equipment is the ‘probable’ cause of California fire
The embattled utility company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January, said it's taking a $10.5 billion charge for claims connected to the fire.
In Paradise, California, thousands of residents are trying to cope with disruption and displacement resulting from November's devastating Camp Fire. Children attend school in a repurposed hardware store, where counselors try to help them manage their trauma. Meanwhile, amidst millions…
The nation's largest utility is trying to relieve itself of some of the billions of dollars in damages it could face as a result of California's devastating wildfires.
The state's firefighting agency concluded that the fire started next to a residence. The agency did not find any violations of state law.
Officials are investigating whether the utility's equipment sparked a wildfire in Northern California in November that killed at least 86 people and destroyed 15,000 homes.
Many of them will likely find they do not have enough insurance to cover the cost of rebuilding.
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