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Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires

By Associated Press
Published: October 28, 2019, 1:21pm
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The Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles.
The Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Photo Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The fires described in PG&E reports to state regulators match blazes that destroyed a tennis club and forced urgent evacuations in the town of Lafayette, about 22 miles east of San Francisco.

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