The report to the PUC was made, the utility said, “out of an abundance of caution.” In a statement, PG&E officials said that they have, thus far, “observed no damage or abnormal conditions to the pole or its facilities near the reservoir” and have not “observed any downed conductor in the area or any vegetation or tree on the line.” The pole was inspected within the last five months, the statement added, and no adverse conditions identified. Forest Service had placed caution tape around the base of the pole involved in the incident, which was near the Oxbow Reservoir in Placer County. Thursday, PG&E filed an incident report with the California Public Utilities Commission noting that “electrical activity occurred close in time to the report time of the fire” near one of its transmission lines. It was unclear how the fire started, but shortly after 10 a.m.
Like much of California, the Sacramento region has been baking under a historic heat wave, and hydropower is vital for keeping air conditioners running. Vestal, the public information officer, said firefighters “know how critical those resources are” and are working to protect them. The fire was also threatening the Ralston hydroelectric powerhouse, the Sugar Pine Dam and other pieces of critical infrastructure. Another temporary evacuation center was set up at the Cool Community Church in Cool. 1 priority is to get people out of their homes and out of the area.”Īn evacuation center to receive those displaced was set up at the Bell Road Baptist Church in Auburn. It’s dry, and it’s burning into areas where there are people,” said California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection public information officer Chris Vestal. Friday, the blaze had grown to 14,250 acres with no containment, after doubling in size Thursday. Fueled by critically dry brush and timber and boosted by record-setting heat, a fire in the foothills east of Sacramento doubled in size Thursday, sending smoke billowing east toward Lake Tahoe and western Nevada.īy the afternoon, the fire had wafted a giant pyrocumulus cloud over the Sierra, jumped the Middle Fork of the American River and was burning its way toward the hamlet of Volcanoville in El Dorado County.Īlso Thursday, PG&E filed a report with the state disclosing “electrical activity” on one of its transmission lines near where the Mosquito fire ignited Tuesday evening, near Foresthill in Placer County.
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