Two fires that broke out amid strong, steady winds in Contra Costa County Sunday afternoon erupted in the area of failed Pacific Gas & Electric utility equipment, the utility reported to state regulators.
Pacific Gas & Electric has told state regulators its equipment malfunctioned near two fires that broke out in Contra Costa County on Sunday afternoon amid strong, steady winds.
In two incident reports submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission and posted Monday morning, PG&E reported that its workers found a downed power pole and a broken lashing wire in separate locations in the East Bay suburbs where fires had begun about an hour earlier.creating dramatic flames and smoke at a gateway to the Bay Area.
At about 1:30 p.m. Sunday, officials said two fires broke out on either side of State Route 24, one off Camino Diablo Road and another off Pleasant Hill Road.According to PG&E’s filings, required under state law, the utility discovered downed equipment in both areas hours later.to support our journalism.About 4:45 p.m.
. “ Contra Costa Fire Department personnel on site communicated to the troubleman that they were looking into contact between the communication lashing wire and PG&E open wire secondary as a potential ignition source.”About an hour later, a PG&E troubleman showed up at the location of the second fire ignition on Camino Diablo Road on the other side of State Route 24, the utility’s“At the location, the Troubleman observed a fallen pole and transformer.
Power was flowing through the lines where the equipment failed and where both fires broke out. Neither of the location were in high-risk fire zones subject to the precautionary blackouts, PG&E stated.
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