[UPDATE 6:40 p.m.: Video of Aftermath] Power Lines Believed to Be Cause of Afternoon Fire in Salmon Creek Today
Power lines fell and caught vegetation on fire on Salmon Creek Road about two and a half miles from the northern exit from Hwy 101 just before 5 p.m. The first reports said property and a fence were on fire and threatening a home.
However, by 5:25 p.m., the fire department has put the fire out.
Please remember that information gathered from initial reports is subject to revision as more facts become available.
UPDATE 6:40 p.m.: Video by Jimmie Wallet.
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Wow quick response. Way to go…
Local heros strike again ❤
Thank you Firefighters!❤️
Bless the salmon creek volunteer fire dept, they are hero’s, is that 3-4 already put out this year? Our entire county owes you a debt of gratitude!
On another note, this pge aspect is concerning.
It seems to me when you cut a bunch of trees around the poles that causes the land to move and then the power lines around the cut trees fall. Didn’t our community call Mike Mcguires office in mass demanding pge bury the lines? When is that happening?
It won’t happen, because Mike McGuire doesn’t give two shits about anything other than virtue signaling.
He does not have the power to do this. You are just being a jerk.
You are behind times, FBI=FSB now.
Uh, never. You are essentially asking PG&E to double their rates
Ask PG&E, write their watchdog the PUC to see that progress happens.
https://www.utilityproducts.com/transmission-distribution/article/14207698/pge-to-underground-10000-miles-of-power-lines-in-highest-firethreat-areas
Those firetrucks are Calfire.
Our local fire personnel are simply the best!
I think it is time for PG&E to start their own firefighting unit! A big thank you to the Salmon Creek Volunteer Fire Department. Outstanding response.
They would be incompetent, but they should have to pay for it, that’s for sure. In reality though, the ideal solution would be for the customers or employees to own the electrical grid, instead of PG&E shareholders.
I really don’t care to own any of the electrical grid. PG&E should be putting the electrical cables in the ground in areas where they start fires when the lines come down. I would pay for that if they traveled through my property.
There are states east of the Mississippi whose power lines have been buried for decades, it cuts costs , no fire hazard, no perpetual tree trimming, lower maintenance costs.
Yes! But most companies, especially when they are in bed with state government don’t want to spend the money.
PGE plans on burying 10,000 miles of line in CA
https://www.kcra.com/article/photos-pgande-maps-out-locations-where-powerlines-will-be-buried-2022-23/39970449