Deadly Blaze Caused by PG&E Power Lines Contacting Pine Tree
- Cal Fire sent report on Zogg Fire to district attorney
- Blaze killed 4 and torched 56,000 acres in Northern California
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Contact between PG&E Corp. power lines and a pine tree sparked the Zogg Fire that killed four people and torched about 56,000 acres in Northern California in September, state investigators said.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has forwarded its investigative report on the blaze to the Shasta County District Attorney’s Office, the agency known as Cal Fire said in a press release Monday. The fire burned for two weeks in the Sierra Nevada mountains after starting Sept. 27, destroying 204 structures before it was brought under control.