California Ducked Another Outage. Its New Crisis: 155 Fires

Bloomberg

As California on Tuesday avoided what would have been the state’s biggest coordinated blackout of all time, it must now deal with its next crisis. A combination of dry lightning and extreme heat ignited 155 fires within 24 hours, with more expected to come. The blazes torched tens of thousands of acres, forcing people to flee their homes and prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency. 

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