Contained 🇺🇸 Utah

Power Line Fire

Discovered Jun 29, 2020 · Great Basin

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

710

Containment

100%

Location

Utah

Discovered

Jun 29, 2020

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Jun 29, 2020

Fire ignites — Power Line discovered.

Final

100% contained at 710 acres. Recovery operations begin.

High Country News

When a utility sparks a wildfire, who pays? - High Country News

seattletimes.com

Who pays when power lines burn down homes? Not Washington's utility companies - seattletimes.com

Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

Federal government sues PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon wildfire, as the costs of fires to the company climb - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Who should pay for wildfire prevention? - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Feds Sue PacifiCorp over 2020 Oregon Wildfire - RTO Insider

The Salt Lake Tribune

Will Utah’s Rocky Mountain Power customers be on the hook for a costly Oregon wildfire lawsuit? - The Salt Lake Tribune

How do power utilities decide when to cut electricity due to wildfire risk? - KOIN.com

The Conversation

What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West - The Conversation

Utah Wildfires: Knolls Fire At 75% Containment, Powerline Fire 50% Contained - KSL.com

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