KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint

State Investigators: PG&E Equipment Caused Deadly Camp Fire

23:41
at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

Pacific Gas and Electric crews repair power lines that were destroyed by the Camp Fire on November 21, 2018 in Paradise, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

State investigators concluded Wednesday that PG&E’s transmission lines caused last November’s Camp Fire, which claimed 85 lives, burned more than 150,000 acres and leveled the Butte County town of Paradise. The wildfire was the deadliest and most destructive in California history. We’ll discuss the findings and their implications.

Guests:

Dan Brekke, editor and reporter, KQED News

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Gaza War Ceasefire Talks Continue as Israel Threatens Rafah InvasionWill the U.S. Really Ban TikTok?California PUC Considers New Fixed Charge for ElectricityOakland’s Leila Mottley on Her Debut Collection of Poetry ‘woke up no light’Alice Wong Redefines ‘Disability Intimacy’ in New AnthologyHow a Massive California Prison Hunger Strike Overhauled Solitary ConfinementHow to Spend this Summer Camping CaliforniaKQED Series ‘Beyond the Menu’ Tells the Backstory of FoodInside Mexico's Clandestine Drug Treatment CentersWhat’s Next for Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests