Private electrical system caused deadly 2017 California wildfire, authorities say

A private electrical system -- not equipment owned by embattled utility PG&E -- caused a 2017 wildfire in Northern California wine country that destroyed thousands of homes and killed 22 people, state investigators said Thursday. The Tubbs fire, which destroyed more than 5,600 structures over more than 57 square miles in Sonoma and Napa counties, was one of more than 170 that torched the state in October 2017. It was the most destructive wildfire in California's history before the Camp Fire, which destroyed more than 239 square miles, nearly 19,000 buildings and killed 86 people this past November.-- MORE...