PG&E Started Second-Largest California Wildfire, State Says
Firefighters contain a control burn during the Dixie Fire in Aug. 2021.
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Californian investigators said a power line owned by PG&E Corp. started the second-largest wildfire in the state’s history.
The Dixie fire last year was caused by a tree contacting electrical distribution lines west of Cresta Dam, The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, known as Cal Fire, said in a statement on Tuesday. The July blaze torched nearly 1 million acres and destroyed over 1,300 structures, it said.