Pacific Gas and Electric, a major California utility, said Wednesday that it will begin the process of burying 10,000 miles worth of power lines underground in areas that are considered high-risk for wildfires.
PG&E's equipment may have sparked the currently blazing Dixie Fire, and the company was found criminally responsible after a faulty electric transmission line ignited the 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85 people, making it the deadliest fire in California's history.
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