California wildfires: Utility sent woman email about "power sparks" on her property a day before blaze started

The mail was sent to Betsy Ann Cowley just a day before the Camp Fire started in Butte County which engulfed the nearby town of Paradise
PUBLISHED NOV 13, 2018

A woman who owns property close to the point where one of the deadly wildfires started in Northern California said she had been warned by a utility company last week that crews would have to go into her property to investigate some power lines that were causing sparks.

The raging fire started on November 8 in an area of 64 acres of land in Pulga, California, that is said to be owned by Betsy Ann Cowley. The fire which started small soon razed the nearby town of Paradise and has till date killed 42 people in the process.

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