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Fire started when a c-hook on one of pg&e's 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&e's 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&e's negligence caused major fire dam...

It through the forest, the way we were all taught not to do as children. >> so the idea is not that we're never going to have fire here again. but when we do, it won't be hot enough to kill all these trees. >> it will stay low to the ground. >> yeah. we're looking great here. >> all with pitchforks with start coming in here. >> fire is a very social thing. if you can have the family involved, it should be like second nature to have that level of comfort in the culture around fire. >> wow. look at that. look at that over there. whoa! >> i mean, if i was just walking and i saw fire this high, i ...

A tragedy compounded by the fact that until recently, native wisdom about how to co-exist with the fire had been suppressed. >> it said before the whites came here that people could ride horses like three side by side all through these forests around here, that it was that open. >> wow. danny is a seasoned firefighter. he helped establish a native-run fire department for the greenville rancheria. talk about the importance of the firehouse led that was led by your tribe? >> we teach more of the traditional knowledge, not just putting out the fire, but taking care of the earth. and if you take c...

This would not have happened? >> this fire absolutely would not have happened if it were cared for by tribal people. and we want to be able to share our knowledge, and people are continually asking us, can we do cultural burning. well, are you tribal? and why would you want to do cultural burning without us? >> ooh, yeah. look what happened when the white man got yoga. look how that went. >> we're starting to try to sway the agencies to think about native burning. >> yep, yeah. >> and that's passing on that traditional knowledge that it does have value, even if you're not indian. >> like here ...

Violations, related to the natural gas explosion in 2010, and so like any felon, pg&e is on probation, the first order of federal criminal probation is commit no more crimes, in the course of the probation they started multiple wildfires, as well. >> during the probation. i was watching goodfellows, sounds very similar. >> if they started different fires, a person, with lots of in jail but you can't lock a corporation in jail.>> what upsets people is that there is a pattern of pg&e doing inspections, need to be cut down and power lines need to be repaired, and they are not repairing them, and ...