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gotten so bad that it wasnt safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, my elderly parent, and our kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. now back then, it seemed like a oneself-in-a-lifetime thing. >> rescue, what is your emergency? >> reporter: but ever since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> dixie fire. >> woolsey fire. >> are more towns burned to the ground, more forests devastated a...

and catastrophic wildfires, a climate state of emergency in the united states.♪ ♪ >> live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. we begin in ukraine, where there is more fallout from thursdays brutal attack on a detention facility in russian held territory in the east. on sunday, the u.s. ambassador to you range said russia must be held accountable for the attack, and dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians were killed in the strike, kyiv says, mosc...

california history. >> ahh! lucky for us, the fires hadnt made it to where my family lives in oakland, but the air had gotten so bad that it wasnt safe to breathe. so my wife and i took me, the asthmatic, our elderly parents and kids straight to vegas. not because we wanted to gamble, but because it was close and there were cheap flights. back then, it seemed like a once in a lifetime thing, but every year since, the fires in california have gotten worse. >> the dixie fire. >> the hill...

The sparks from the resulting short circuit ignited the dry brush below. although pg&es records were unclear on specifics, it was estimated that the broken c-hook along with other components of the tower had been in use for about 97 years. yeah. >> they had inspected that transmission tower and had reported that they were going to replace the critical parts, but they never got around to it. >> and the camp fire is not the only time pg&es negligence caused major fire damage to california. investi...

Fire started when a c-hook on one of pg&es electrical transmission towers broke. this caused a high voltage cable to fall. the sparks from the resulting short circuit ignited the dry brush below. although pg&es records were unclear on specifics, it was estimated that the broken c-hook along with other components of the tower had been in use for about 97 years. yeah. >> they had inspected that transmission tower and had reported that they were going to replace the critical parts, but they never g...