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    Utility-caused wildfires are a subsection of human-caused wildfires that are directly ignited by utilities, usually power lines. They are unplanned ignitions...
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    2023 Canadian wildfires 2023 Greece wildfires List of wildfires in the United States Wildfires in the United States Utility-caused wildfires 100% contained...
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    the utility made a settlement offer of $13.5 billion for the wildfire victims; the offer covered several devastating fires caused by the utility, including...
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    cycles. However, controlled burns can turn into wildfires by mistake. Wildfires can be classified by cause of ignition, physical properties, combustible...
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    California wildfires, also known as the Northern California firestorm, North Bay Fires, and the Wine Country Fires were a series of 250 wildfires that started...
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    Smokehouse Creek Fire (category 2024 wildfires in the United States)
    Wildfires in the United States Wildfires in the United States during 2024 2024 Texas wildfires Bastrop County Complex Fire Utility-caused wildfires "Smokehouse...
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    Pacific Gas and Electric Company (category Former components in the Dow Jones Utility Average)
    primarily responsible for causing two separate devastating wildfires in California, including the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California history...
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    Black Saturday bushfires (category Wildfires caused by arson)
    (Wildfire case study) Utility-caused wildfires List of disasters in Australia by death toll List of major bushfires in Australia List of wildfires Recloser...
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    The 2021 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the U.S. state of California. By the end of 2021 a total of 8,835 fires...
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    class action lawsuit that alleged that Maui’s devastating wildfires were caused by the utility’s energized power lines that were knocked down by strong winds...
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    A utility pole, commonly referred to as a transmission pole, telephone pole, telecommunication pole, power pole, hydro pole, telegraph pole, or telegraph...
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    province's wildfire suppression budget in April 2016, just prior to the outbreak of the wildfire. While Premier Rachel Notley contended that wildfires were...
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    Witch Fire (category 2007 California wildfires)
    p. A1. Rogers, Paul (November 30, 2017). "Wildfires: Utility blocked from charging customers for wildfire costs". The Mercury News. Archived from the...
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    Kincade Fire (category 2019 California wildfires)
    Weeks after exiting bankruptcy caused by massive fire liabilities, California's biggest utility faces another wildfire lawsuit. Balaraman, Kavya (July...
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  • a new $21 billion wildfire trust fund was created to pay for damages from future wildfires, started with a 50-50 balance of utility and customer monies...
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    A series of wildfires in Greece, during the 2018 European heat wave, began in the coastal areas of Attica in July 2018. 104 people were confirmed dead...
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    impact on the environment. Deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Amplified warming in the Arctic has contributed...
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  • Rice Fire (category 2007 California wildfires)
    the utility did not reasonably manage its facilities and that the wildfires were not outside of its control. Therefore, they ruled, the utility could...
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    California portal 2018 California wildfires List of California wildfires List of fires Camp Fire, a concurrent destructive wildfire in northern California "Woolsey...
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    Dixie Fire (redirect from Dixie wildfire)
    the summer of 2021 due to wildfires in the western U.S. On January 4, 2022, Cal Fire determined that "the Dixie Fire was caused by a tree contacting electrical...
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    Helena Fire (category Wildfires in Trinity County, California)
    Trinity that insurance. A future wildfire sourced to Trinity's power lines may bankrupt the utility. 2017 California wildfires "Helena Fire". Helena Fire....
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    Assembly in 1955 and oversees response to wildfires in Colorado.[not verified in body] Part of the 2002 Colorado wildfires that burned nearly 360,000 acres, the...
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    Bobcat Fire (category 2020 California wildfires)
    m. the following day. The warning highlighted the potential for large wildfires to spread rapidly upon ignition: Strong high pressure will bring a dangerous...
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    News by POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-10-28. "How Do Power Lines Cause Wildfires?". Texas Wildfire Mitigation Project. 2014-02-13. Retrieved 2018-05-13. "Underground...
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    Laguna Fire (1993) (category California wildfires caused by arson)
    costly fires in United States history. It was part of a larger outbreak of wildfires that week in Southern California, largely driven by Santa Ana winds. The...
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    Marshall Fire (category 2021 Colorado wildfires)
    burned by the fire. Weather of 2021 2021 Colorado wildfires Weather of 2022 2022 Colorado wildfires Black Forest fire, previously was the most destructive...
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    Tubbs Fire (category 2017 California wildfires)
    California wildfires Atlas Fire Cedar Fire (2003) Joe Rodota Trail homeless encampment following the Tubbs Fire List of California wildfires Thomas Fire...
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  • This glossary of wildfire terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to wildfires and wildland firefighting. Except where noted, terms...
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  • largest transmission and distribution electric utility in the state of Texas and the 5th largest utility company in the US. Their service territory includes...
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    and mercury. Wildfires, which can be caused naturally by lightning strikes, are also a significant source of air pollution. Wildfire smoke contains...
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