Puget Sound Energy, the state’s largest utility provider, deemed Glacier and Concrete at a higher risk for a powerline-caused wildfire. Not only are the forested towns generally susceptible to ...

PSE has identified stretches of high risk on Vashon Island, in Ellensburg, Concrete and Glacier and on parts of Interstate 90 ...

Buckle up for another potentially dangerous peak wildfire season in the San Diego area. “We’ve only had about 50% of the ...

A scheduled power outage is planned for parts of southern Utah while firefighters continue to battle a wildfire burning ...

A Georgia Power distribution line failed Tuesday evening in East Point, sending 6,000 feet of power lines to the ground, igniting several brush fires and a residential fire, officials said.

Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. One has been accused of sparking ...

Assuming bare wire power lines are responsible for the vast majority of wildfire ignitions when power lines are involved, it is imperative to devise mitigation measures. Bare wires can cause ignition ...

A power line was found to be the cause of the Camp Fire, and it led to Pacific Gas & Electric paying billions to settle lawsuits stemming from that blaze and other wildfires in the 2010s.

The line once tied a nearby power plant into the state’s grid, but the plant closed in 2001. The line’s owners hadn’t removed it, and it stayed connected to the grid, energized.

A Georgia Power distribution line failed Tuesday evening in East Point, ... 6,000 Feet of Power Lines Fall, Igniting Residential, Brush Fires in GA. September 4, 2024. Tribune Content Agency.

The line once tied a nearby power plant into the state’s grid, but the plant closed in 2001. The line’s owners hadn’t removed it, and it stayed connected to the grid, energized.