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>> reporter: p&g calls this systems hardening, the idea to replace the more vuler nbl pieces of equipment but also to keep the trees back a safe distance from that equipment. the company says by the end of 2019 they will have hardened more than 150 miles of line but the goal is to harden more than 7,000 miles of line in the next 10 years. it is a large electric company in the position of citing climate change as partly responsible for the disasters. >> we are out in the field an it seems like more and more of the responsible is environment climate related s. that true for p&g, as well? >> cert...

Responsibility has at times turned ugly. >> things have been thrown at folks. people's lives have been threatened. >> reporter: more and more people across the state are living in wild areas that are also high-risk fire zones called the wildland urban interface. >> in 2012 about 15% of our service area, which is 70,000 square miles, was considered extreme or elevated fire threat. this year as of 2019 more than 50% of our service area is in that elevated or extreme wildfire threat. >> reporter: after the deadly fires in 2018 the company filed for bankruptcy, citing debt in excess of $50 billion...

Safety in a state battling climb change that much more daunting. >> it is not all pg&e's fault. the state of california should have been cleaning this out a long time ago instead of waiting until hell breaks lose and then blame it on pg&e. >> reporter: pg&e calls this systems hardening. the idea is to replace the more vulnerable pieces of equipment, but also to keep the trees back a safe distance from the equipment. the company says by the end of 2019 they will have hardened more than 150 miles of line, but the goal is to harden more than 7,000 miles of line in the next ten years. that work st...

Systems hardening. the idea is to replace the more vulnerable pieces of equipment, but also to keep the trees back a safe distance from that equipment. the company says by the end of 2019, they will have hardened mo than 150 miles of line, but the goal is to harden more than 7,000 miles of line in the next ten years. that work starts in areas most vulnerable to fires, a large american gas and electric company in the unique and ironic position of citing climate change as partly responsible for the disasters. >> we're out in the field with fire folks. it seems like more and more of their jobs is...