"Bringing Light" to the Role of PG&E in the Kincade Fire

SONOMA COUNTY, CA - Despite the efforts of mainstream media to frame California fires as effects of global warming, mounting evidence continues to make it clear that the Kincade Fire was caused by PG&E equipment malfunction. Like many others, this fire appears to have been ignited due to the error of machinery used by public utility company, Pacific Gas & Electric.

This is far from the first incident of this nature.

Live Video Footage:
Ignition of Kincade Fire

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This disaster was initially ignited near faulty equipment on a transmission tower, within an area known as The Geysers, located Northeast of Geyserville. Footage shows the initial spark at 9:20pm.

This story is continuously presented as though there is question as to whether or not PG&E has played a role in recent and countless fires in the State of California; one of the most recent fires being the currently active Kincade Fire, in North Bay's Sonoma County.

A wedding photo

taken at time of the fire at

Chateu St. Jean, in Kenwood, CA.

( kmrphotography.com )

@karnamarie

This is one fire amongst decades worth, that has been linked to the equipment malfunction and error of PG&E. Despite publicly available research and evidence proving otherwise, these fires are still often referred to as "wildfires" by local and national news-source media.

These fires are often presented as effects of global warming. While rising temperatures do play a variable factor in these fires, they are by no means what's causing them.

This particular incident was caught on camera by the Barham Peak ALERT Wildfire Cam, stationed near Santa Rosa. (see link above)

Crews that fight blaze consist of firefighters and trained prisoners.

PG&E has stated that faulty equipment components were found on a transmission tower near where the Kincade fire began on the night of October 23rd. Various resources have reported only vague information as to what equipment was found.

Although predicted windstorms had prompted the freshly introduced Public Safety Power Shutoffs in surrounding power grids, PG&E left currents to this specific high voltage stretch of transmission lines live.

PG&E officials have stated that these lines were still active, because the wind had not reached speeds appropriate for initiating shutdown protocol.

The public utility company did not consider that area high risk, and still stands firmly behind the decision to leave that tower active.

PG&E maintains that an outage was filed and registered for this particular tower at 9:20 pm, approximately 7 minutes before the first visible footage of the fire can be seen.

This is not the first time in roughly 2 years that entire communities have been burned to the ground in Sonoma County, let alone throughout the entire State of California, due to faulty and outdated equipment endorsed by PG&E.

The company-created safety measures do nothing to address the lethal issues that PG&E has grown notorious for in recent decades. They continue to frame the story as if weather patterns are the risk-factor dangerously at play; when it is indeed their own equipment, which has sparked much controversy in recent years.

Millions of residents have been affected by the power shutoffs, losing power for days at a time. Nearly 200,000 citizens have undergone mandatory evacuation over the course of the Kincade Fire alone, while other similar fires have occurred in many places throughout the state.

All of the roughly 2.7 million residents throughout 29 counties have been deeply affected by these Public Safety Power Shutoffs. As we can see, these shutoffs do nothing to prevent the malfunction of faulty equipment, let alone these highly tragic, foreseeable (and often locally predicted) events.

Amongst some of those hit the hardest are disabled people requiring equipment to survive, many of whom were left without inclusive evacuation planning or medical assistance during the effects of the Public Safety Power Shutoffs and mandatory evacuations.

Bay Area locals and organizations

express the dire severity of the situation.

As individuals and families, we are left to make the most of what's left, yet again. As communities we dive back into the multi-faceted processes of internal and external recovery; from not only the devastation of the fires, but from the setbacks millions of us will face "in light" of these events.

For many, those setbacks include lost work, emergency evacuation costs, late bill fees, and other more immediate concerns; such as perishable resources like food and medicine, for humans, as well as animals, and so much more.

It was recently reported that PG&E has admitted to ongoing investigation for it's suspected connection to 5 of the Bay Area's recent fires.

Read more on these 5 fires here: 

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/PG-E-equipment-may-have-started-fourth-fire-14581252.php

"By 1930, PG&E had developed a Monopoly" - Read more on the History of PG&E:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/HISTORY-Utility-Giant-Grew-from-Gold-Rush-Roots-2934359.php

#TheMoreYouKnow The area referred to as "The Geysers" (mentioned above) is the world's largest geothermal field, currently containing a complex of 22 geothermal plants. These plants exist atop one of many stolen indigenous #SacredSites in California. Indigenous tribes including bands of the Pomo, Wappo, and Miwok people, utilized  the health benefits and natural properties of the steam-baths produced by these natural geysers for over 12,000 years, prior to the theft and colonization of these natural wonders.

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To Be Continued.

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