{"id":131188,"date":"2019-11-03T08:32:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T12:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=131188"},"modified":"2019-11-03T08:32:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T12:32:07","slug":"heres-how-they-are-conditioning-the-residents-of-california-to-believe-that-the-utility-companies-are-responsible-for-all-the-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=131188","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how they are conditioning the residents of California to believe that the utility companies are responsible for all the wildfires."},"content":{"rendered":"

Maria Fire broke out minutes after utility company re-energized high-voltage power line<\/h1>\n

Doug Stanglin
\nUSA TODAY<\/p>\n

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Southern California Edison said it re-energized\u00a0a 16,000-volt power line minutes\u00a0before\u00a0the\u00a0Maria Fire erupted nearby<\/a>\u00a0last week and quickly swelled to 14 square miles.<\/p>\n

The company said in a statement that it had no information about the actual cause of the fire, which broke out Thursday west of Los Angeles, but noted\u00a0the site is within its service territory.<\/p>\n

SCE said it had re-energized the\u00a0line\u00a013 minutes before the blaze erupted on a nearby hillside.\u00a0It added that it would “cooperate with the appropriate investigative agencies if asked to do so.”<\/p>\n

The 14.6 square mile Maria Fire in Ventura county, which was 20% contained on Saturday,\u00a0threatened\u00a0about 1,800 homes and other buildings, and prompted evacuation orders for nearly 11,000 people.<\/p>\n

The fire burned down the sides of a mountain bordered by agricultural land, the small city of Santa Paula and other communities. Airplanes tried to flank it with long drops of retardant while helicopters dropped loads of water.<\/p>\n

Utility companies have turned off power:<\/strong>\u00a0It hasn’t stopped fires. What will?<\/a><\/p>\n