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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Nearly 50,000 people are ordered to evacuate and PG&E will   
   cut power to more than 3 million people over 'historic wind   
   event' as nine fires burn across California and the company   
   admits it may have sparked blazes   
      
   o  New evacuations were ordered for at least 50,000 people   
   living in Sonoma County on Saturday    
      
   o  PG&E also announced it would cut power to 940,000 homes   
   and businesses in 36 counties for 48 hours or longer   
   throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, wine country and   
   Sierra foothills    
      
   o  Cuts could begin at 3pm on Saturday and last for at   
   least two days   
      
   o  The potentially affected areas are the Northern Sierra   
   Foothills, North Bay/Mendocino, the Bay Area/ Central   
   Coast/ South Sierra Foothills and Kern County    
      
   o  Winds are expected to reach 70mph this weekend     
      
   o  California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of   
   emergency for Sonoma and Los Angeles counties   
      
   o  He said of PG&E: 'They simply did not do their job. We   
   will hold them accountable. This cannot continue'    
      
   o  The utility company say up to 2.1 million people in   
   Northern and Central California could lose power    
      
   o  A PG&E high-voltage power line malfunctioned minutes   
   before a Northern California wildfire broke out    
      
   o  2,000 people have been evacuated, 49 homes have been   
   destroyed and 21,900 acres have been burned   
      
   o  California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection   
   said just five percent of the fire has been contained     
      
   o  There are currently nine active wildfires in California   
   including the Cabrillo Fire, Kincade Fire, Muir Fire and   
   Nelson Fire in the north; and the Mines Fire, Saddle Ridge   
   Fire and Tick Fire in the south   
      
   Daily Mail Online   
   Saturday, October 26, 2019   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7616391/PG-E-threatens-   
   ut-power-2-5-million-people-historic-wind-event.html   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
   Om Shanti   
   http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj   
      
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