California fire officials say an investigation into last fall's deadly Camp Fire has confirmed that a PG&E transmission line sparked the blaze. (KQEDnews)
that the line had experienced an unspecified problem just minutes before a company employee spotted flames in the area.
High winds whipped the fire into an inferno that leaped through dry brush and trees across ridges and canyons into the communities of Paradise, Concow and Magalia. The fireCal Fire released its conclusions about the fire's origin — which included confirmation of a second origin point adjacent to a PG&E distribution line — in a brief press release.
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