PG&E failed to notify 23,000 of blackouts, and its lines malfunctioned near two Contra Costa fires

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PG&E admits more equipment failures near two Contra Costa fires

Utility power outages are complicating evacuation efforts as wildfires rage in Northern and Southern California.

Separately, PG&E filed two incident reports that its workers found a downed power pole and a broken lashing wire in separate locations of Contra Costa where fires had begun about an hour earlier.creating dramatic flames and smoke at a gateway to the Bay Area. At about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, officials said two fires broke out on either side of State Route 24, one off Camino Diablo Road and another off Pleasant Hill Road.According to PG&E’s filings, required under state law, the utility discovered downed equipment in both areas hours later.to support our journalism.

The fires damaged part of a Layfayette tennis club along with some other buildings, and there was also damage to one home. About 4:45 p.m., a PG&E troubleman arrived at Pleasant Hill and Condit Roads in Lafayette and “observed that the lashing wire of a communication cable near the PG&E open wire secondary conductor was broken,” the

 

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PG&E is pathetic.

Someone please buy them out

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