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Utility's power lines caused huge 2019 California wildfire

| July 16, 2020 4:03 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric transmission lines sparked a wildfire in Northern California wine country last year that destroyed hundreds of homes and caused nearly 100,000 people to flee, fire officials said Thursday.

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