As judge demands Dixie Fire details, PG&E’s own report raises questions
Days before sharing information publicly, an internal PG&E report shows the company knew details about the Dixie Fire’s origins. It raises more questions for PG&E.
Author: Brandon Rittiman
Updated: 4:36 PM PDT July 21, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif — PG&E employees documented many of the details surrounding the possible involvement of its power lines in sparking the massive Dixie Fire nearly a week before PG&E disclosed them to the public and state regulators in a written report.
“TREE IN THE LINE,” PG&E employees wrote in PG&E’s internal outage report obtained by ABC10, which also contained notes including “GRASS FIRE” and “FUSES BLOWN.”