Xcel Energy said Thursday that "its facilities appear to have been involved in an ignition of the Smokehouse Creek Fire," the largest-ever wildfire in Texas that's burned nearly 1.1 million acres.
  • girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
    83·
    9 months ago

    The woman said in the lawsuit that the fire ignited on Feb. 26 when one of their poles broke …

    Do you know how old and rotten a lodgepole pine electrical pole has to be to break???

    Jfc. Keep up with your gd maintenance ffs!

    • agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
      56·
      9 months ago

      Replacing critically deficient infrastructure has been declared a progressive issue in todays overton window. So no chance places like Texas do it.