Feds Investigate Whether PG&E Contract Work Sparked Twain Fire in Plumas County

The U.S. Forest Service is investigating PG&E’s potential involvement in the Twain Fire, which burned about 276 acres of Plumas National Forest in Northern California last week.

On July 13, PG&E filed an incident report with the California Public Utilities Commission, stating that a contractor was performing work on a steel pole for a transmission line near Feather River U.S. Highway 70 and Twain Store Road around noon.

“A short time later, the Twain Fire was reported in the same area,” the filing said…

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