High Voltage
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About High Voltage
Flood warnings as rain leaves hundreds without power
... A High Voltage fault led to power cuts affected including 353 homes and businesses in Carmarthen...
Boy, 10, dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel Tiffany's
... The child s injuries were consistent with him having received a " High Voltage of electricity" they added...
India's solar powered future clashes with local life
... The electricity generated by the Bhadla solar plant is at a High Voltage, so cannot be directly supplied to local villages...
Storm Arwen: 'I was left without broadband for seven weeks'
... " Our engineers have been working throughout and flat out - often in very difficult weather conditions and terrain - to complete repairs with many involving a huge amount of complex civil engineering work and heavy or specialist equipment" Openreach said in a statement, It added that Mark Fenwick s case had been complicated by High Voltage power cables falling on broadband equipment and several telegraph poles being made unsafe...
Storm Arwen: Army called in after a week without power
... But spokesperson Paul Bircham said he was " not sure the Army have the engineering capability to work on High Voltage electricity networks"...
How to plug the UK into desert sunshine
... Dr Kazemtabrizi explains that Xlinks will need to carefully choose the right equipment to manage its High Voltage direct current cables, to avoid unwanted efficiency losses...
Kincade fire: Thousands evacuated as California wildfire rages
... Pacific Gas & Electric (PG& E) said damage had been reported at a High Voltage tower near where the Kincade Fire started on Wednesday...
Belgian F-16 crash pilot ejects on the power line
...The pilot line for some time, was suspended from a High Voltage before the rescuers were able to reach him, A Belgian air force F-16 fighter plane crashed in the North-West of France, so that a pilot trapped on a high-voltage power-line...
Kincade fire: Thousands evacuated as California wildfire rages
A fast-moving wildfire in Northern California was sparked seven minutes after a nearby Power Line was damaged, according to a local power Company .
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG& E) said damage had been reported at a High Voltage tower near where the Kincade Fire started on Wednesday.
About 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in The State by wildfires driven by powerful winds.
A state of emergency has been declared in Los Angeles and Sonoma counties.
The deadliest wildfire in The State 's History - which killed 85 people in Northern California in 2018 - was caused by PG& E Power Lines .
Commenting on the latest fire, Governor Gavin Newsom said in a news conference on Friday that The Company "simply did not do their job".
He condemned "years and years of greed, years and years of mismanagement in the utilities".
The Company said it had not yet determined if The Power glitch had sparked the Kincade Fire.
"We still, at this point, do not know what exactly happened," PG& E chief executive Bill Johnson told the Washington Post.
The utility said it had turned off power nearby over concerns that high winds could spark blazes, but the lines were still working when The Fire ignited.
About 2,000 residents have been evacuated. At least 21 homes have been destroyed in The Blaze , California fire officials said on Friday.
The wildfires are expected to worsen in Southern California over the weekend as gusty winds continue.
California is still recovering from that killed about 100 people.
Where are The Major fires?The Kincade Fire, which started on Wednesday, has burned through 21,900 acres (8,800 hectares) of land in Sonoma County - One of California's best-known wine regions.
More Than 1,300 firefighters are tackling The Blaze , which remains uncontained.
There are A Number of other major fires:
What's caused the wildfires?According to a on Thursday, a "broken Jumper " - which connects Power Lines to towers - was discovered at 21:20 local time on Wednesday.
The Fire began at 21:27, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The news sent share prices of PG& E tumbling on Friday, as investors feared The Company might be held responsible for the Kincade Fire.
The Company is already seeking bankruptcy protection as it faces lawsuits over last year's deadly Camp Fire . It was found to have been sparked by aging equipment owned by PG& E.
It spawned billions of dollars in liability claims against The Company .
Homes have been destroyed in The Town of Geyserville, which has been evacuatedHigh winds appear to have spread the fires - gusts of up to 70mph (112km/h) have swept much of The State .
California is affected by Santa Ana winds, which are known for being dry and gusty, exacerbating wildfires.
Who is affected?On Thursday morning PG& E shut off power in 15 California counties to prevent accidental fires, affecting about 180,000 homes.
Power was restored to most customers on Thursday night. But officials warn of more outages over the weekend in regions experiencing high winds and dry heat.
Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District remained closed on Friday because of air quality and safety concerns.
The Fire has spread rapidly due to heavy winds in the area The Cause of The Blaze is not knownunited states, california, wildfires
Source of news: bbc.com
