Fire - Power - Money | Secrets of the Camp Fire: Revealed
At the same time it pleaded guilty in 2020 to killing 84 people in the 2018 Camp Fire, PG&E paid for a lawsuit sealing the most detailed record of its crimes
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At the same time it pleaded guilty in 2020 to killing 84 people in the 2018 Camp Fire, PG&E paid for a lawsuit sealing the most detailed record of its crimes
Chapter one: THE 'RUN TO FAILURE' POLICY The severely worn parts found in the Bay Area showed the same kind of wear that caused a power line to fall in Butte County, sparking the 2018 Camp Fire. The Camp Fire was sparked by PG&E’s Caribou-Palermo transmission line, which was even older than the line was originally identified as in PG&E’s lab report. Built in 1921, the line was 97 years old when it failed. Credit: SOURCE: PG&E These photos taken by PG&E and obtained by ABC10 show other severely worn hooks and their hanger plates from along the Caribou-Palermo transmission ...