Photo Courtesy of Cal Fire of Butte County
PG&E lines may have sparked another Northern California wildfire. In a regulatory filing, the utility says a tree fell onto one of its overhead lines on July 22nd along Highway 70 in Plumas County about the time the Fly Fire started, north of the town of Quincy. The Fly Fire grew to about 4,000 acres before merging with the larger Dixie Fire, which also may have been caused by a tree hitting a PG&E line eight days earlier. However, the utility says the information is preliminary and no direct cause of either fire has been determined. The Dixie Fire has destroyed 250-thousand-acres and 70 structures. It’s 35% contained but is now threatening the Plumas County community of Greenville.