Officials: PG&E equipment sparked deadly Calif. wildfire

Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. power lines caused a fire that killed 85 people — the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history, California fire officials said Wednesday.

Cal Fire said the transmission lines owned and operated by the San Franciscobased utility sparked the Nov. 8 fire in the Pulga area that nearly destroyed Paradise.

The investigation also identified a second nearby ignition site involving vegetation and electrical distribution lines, also owned and operated by the San Franciscobased utility.