PG&E provides update on the Thompson Fire and power outages - Action News Now
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - PG&E has provided an update on the Thompson Fire and power outages.
PG&E de-energized distribution and transmission power lines in and near the burn area of the Thompson fire on Tuesday as the fire progresses. They did this for firefighter safety and because heavy smoke was impacting transmission lines.
PG&E said they will continue to work closely with first responders at the Thompson Fire.
Some of those transmission power lines serve people in Plumas County, and about 10,000 PG&E customers were impacted. But their power was restored on Tuesday night.
Power to the Lassen Municipal Utilities District was impacted as some of its power comes from PG&E transmission lines that end at Westwood. At about noon on Wednesday, power was restored to LMUD.
PG&E said that they expect the last affected transmission line within the area of the fire to be restored on Thursday.
PG&E said that CAL FIRE has allowed their crews to access burn areas. Their crews are accessing, making repairs, and restoring power to distribution lines.
Over 3,000 customers had their power restored on Wednesday in Oroville. And less than 1,000 customers are currently without as of Wednesday.
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