Update at 10am: All by 22 of the 2,014 PG&E customers who lost power earlier this morning have been restored. The company hopes to have the remaining customers restored by late morning.
Original story posted at 8:11am: Burson, CA — A power pole, and small patch of vegetation, caught on fire at around 6:45am on East Shelton Road in the Linden area.
The fire was quickly contained, however, it left behind 2,014 PG&E customers without electricity. The outage is impacting parts of western Calaveras County, including the communities of Burson and Wallace, along with parts of San Joaquin County.
PG&E reports that it hopes to have all of the customers restored by 10:30am.
This post was last modified on 06/29/2022 10:03 am
Written by BJ Hansen.
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